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So, I have an odd, but small legal question. I got a warrant in the mail today for someone whose name is one letter off from mine. Same birthday. Lives in the same town. I looked up the warrant online, so I would know which court to go to to deal with it. Um. Turns out, it's another person's address on there. Will I need to do much beyond letting the folks on the warrant know? I am also going to change my name, because I swear I almost lost a job because this lady's background got mixed up with mine before... For what it's worth, I'm in Hays County in Texas.
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reyalsnogard posted:UT code 57-17-4 ( http://le.utah.gov/code/TITLE57/htm/57_17_000400.htm ): [The holder of the ownership interest] is the owner. [The holder of the designated agent's interest] is, say, a property manager or escrow agent, depending on the circumstances. That provision is an awkward way of saying: the person who is the owner (or relevant owner's agent) at the time of lease termination is the person responsible for ensuring compliance with these rules. Meaning, for example, if you bought a rental property from somebody else with a tenant in the property, you would be responsible for returning the deposit, not the previous owner. This is true whether or not you took possession of the deposit funds from the previous owner. Think of it this way: {[the holder of the owner's interest] or [the holder of the designated agent's interest]} [in the premises] [at the time of termination of the tenancy] [shall be bound by the provisions of this act].
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Nov 17, 2012 03:40
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I've been in this thread before asking about a divorce question for my friend at work. Yesterday she had a hearing and neither her soon-to-be ex's lawyer nor her ex showed up, so the judge ordered that he pay my friend $2,500 per month until the final divorce hearing. My question is this: What happens when he doesn't pay? (I say 'when' because he has threatened to quit his job if he has to pay her anything) I mean, if he doesn't pay, they can garnish his paycheck, right? And if he quits his job and finds a job somewhere getting paid under the table (he did this for several years) are there any legal repurcussions that happen to him? She was so excited but I told her that she shouldn't get too excited because it is highly doubtful he ever pays her anything.
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Nov 17, 2012 12:59
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peepoogenderparts posted:I've been in this thread before asking about a divorce question for my friend at work. What jurisdiction are you in again?
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Nov 17, 2012 13:50
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Thanks! That language abomination makes sense now.
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Nov 17, 2012 14:06
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Okay, here's an easier question, since nobody was able to weigh in on New Jersey car insurance laws. I live in Virginia, the accident was in New Jersey. Can I get a lawyer here or do I have to find one based in NJ?
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Nov 17, 2012 14:14
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Wroughtirony posted:Okay, here's an easier question, since nobody was able to weigh in on New Jersey car insurance laws. You'll likely have to file suit in NJ, since that's where the accident took place, so you'd need to find a lawyer licensed to practice in NJ (not necessary one based in NJ).
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Nov 17, 2012 15:07
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peepoogenderparts posted:I've been in this thread before asking about a divorce question for my friend at work. If he doesn't pay, she can normally bring a contempt action against him for violating court orders. If it's bad enough, they'll toss him in jail. However, this will require her being in court a lot.
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Nov 17, 2012 17:08
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Sorry. I'm in West Virginia but her husband live and works in Ohio. I would really like for the whole thing to be over because quite honestly I'm sick of hearing it day in and day out at work. I keep warning her to not get her hopes up about the money, especially since she is basically betting he will pay her so that she can keep her house. I told her that, sure, she can win all the money in the world in a judgment but if he doesn't pay, and even if they throw him in jail, that doesn't mean anything when it comes to paying her mortgage.
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Nov 17, 2012 17:12
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Wroughtirony posted:Okay, here's an easier question, since nobody was able to weigh in on New Jersey car insurance laws. Conflict of laws is an annoying area of law, the questions you're asking don't lend themselves to being answered on an internet message board
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Nov 17, 2012 18:04
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Aerofallosov posted:So, I have an odd, but small legal question. As always, I'm not a lawyer to any degree. I don't know about paperwork, but doesn't a legal document have to be served or some such nonsense? Was it a certified letter or just chilling in your mailbox? That said, if the address on the envelope was incorrect, it's USPS's problem. I'd just avoid contacting the person yourself (if that's what you were saying), you're a 3rd party that has no business being involved, even though you got the warrant by mistake. Just seal it back up and stamp it with "Return to Sender" and go on with your life. Also, you just admitted to mail fraud.  Probably not too big a deal, though.
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Nov 17, 2012 23:01
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Aerofallosov posted:So, I have an odd, but small legal question. I had something similar happen. I was quite surprised to see I had a court summons for domestic abuse delivered to me, exact name, and exact address. I'm guessing what happened was someone was being lazy and just looked the name up in a database or something. I took it to City Hall and told them I knew nothing about it, and never heard about it again. From looking, it seems like there's 3 people with my exact name in a not THAT large town.
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Nov 18, 2012 00:16
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BirdOfPlay posted:Also, you just admitted to mail fraud. That requires intent, which would be a hard sell in this case.
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Nov 18, 2012 19:11
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California goon here. I've noticed some (perhaps all) of the permits for my apartment complex's elevators have expired. Can/should I report this to some government agency, and if so, where would I go to do so? Ninja edit: I ask because one of the elevators makes a scary creak and I am a passive-agressive 
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Nov 19, 2012 01:51
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ImperialGuard posted:California goon here. I've noticed some (perhaps all) of the permits for my apartment complex's elevators have expired. Can/should I report this to some government agency, and if so, where would I go to do so? It would be dick not to give them a chance to fix it. Can you, yes, should you, use your judgement.
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Nov 19, 2012 02:18
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There's probably a number on the permit.
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Nov 19, 2012 16:08
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BirdOfPlay posted:As always, I'm not a lawyer to any degree. I don't know about paperwork, but doesn't a legal document have to be served or some such nonsense? Was it a certified letter or just chilling in your mailbox? Just chilling in my mailbox. It had her name, my address on it. I looked the records up online and it has a totally different address on it. I think someone just put the wrong thing on there. I'm calling the warrant office now and am on hold. Apparently it has my driver's license number on it, but I NEVER lived at that address. So either someone screwed up or I'm the victim of ID theft. Oh boy. Okay, so, I'm gonna have to fax in a copy of my driver's license. Apparently they have the wrong bank account and several other things. Our information got mishmashed into one giant legal clusterscrew  and yeah. She said they'd recall the warrant and that I'm likely fine, they just want to see my driver's license.
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Nov 19, 2012 22:04
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Sup guys. This is a textbook cyberbullying case so I'm not sure whether there's ultimately anything that can be done about it. I'll be a bit vague to uphold privacy. The backstory: A couple weeks back my teenaged niece (who is a minor) made a series of rants against a celeb via Twitter. Fans of this celeb apparently have a Tumblr of "haters". On this blog, one entry now includes a screenshot of my niece's comments, along with her social networks, real name, pics, and high school name... all collected from her social networks. So far she has been getting harassed online by other minors and amazingly even a number adults. There were a couple of abusive phone calls as well (from minors). Btw, she is not all that computer literate, and is completely unwilling to take down her social accounts or even up her privacy settings beyond removing identifying info (stupid I know). So basically if you could indicate which authorities, if any, we could contact and what, if anything, we should document, that would be extremely helpful. Unfortunately legal counsel is simply not affordable at this point. My two main quandaries are: 1. Is it legally possible to get tumblr to remove that page? I emailed abuse@tumblr.com and support@tumblr.com thursday but it's STILL up and I've gotten no replies beyond support tickets. Do I contact the NYPD precinct near Tumblr HQ? File an internet crime report with the IC3: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx ? No idea what I can do at this point beyond asking Tumblr nicely. 2. Would it be helpful to go internet gumshoe and at least dox the adults to curb some of this harassment or collect info to possibly seek legal action further down the road? What sort of legal action can be hypothetically taken against the adults harassing my niece, is a criminal or civil case possible? Ought Six fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Nov 20, 2012 |
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Nov 20, 2012 01:09
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Ought Six posted:Sup guys. This is a textbook cyberbullying case Ought Six posted:is a criminal or civil case possible? Or you could wait a day or two until the Tumblr of Haters blog rolls to a new page and your niece's 15 minutes fades.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:33
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joat mon posted:Not really. Well, she's in Montana if that's helpful. The harassment is exclusively from out-of-state it seems. quote:Or you could wait a day or two until the Tumblr of Haters blog rolls to a new page and your niece's 15 minutes fades. Yeah, I was afraid of that. Wish I could do more to help.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:45
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Ought Six posted:Well, she's in Montana if that's helpful. The harassment is exclusively from out-of-state it seems. MT's tips for parents re: cyberbullying
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Nov 20, 2012 03:57
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joat mon posted:MT's tips for tweens and teens re: cyberbullying Great resources right there, I will certainly pore through them. Thanks for these and your time.
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Nov 20, 2012 04:30
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Worth looking to the streisand effect too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Not a legal thing, but a big issue on the internet.
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Hello legal question megathread. I greatly appreciate any help anyone can give me. I can't for the life of me make sense of this. In simple English, what does this paragraph mean? quote:THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE VALID AND IN FORCE ON THE DATE OF NOV. 10, 2012 FOR THE PERIOD FROM NOV 10, 2012 TO NOV 10, 2013 AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED AND CONTINUED FROM THREE MONTHS TO THREE MONTHS FOR THREE MONTHS UNLESS EITHER PARTY GIVES TO THE OTHER PARTY ONE MONTH PERIOD WRITTEN NOTICE TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT The person who wrote this speaks English as a second language so there's a chance it's nonsensical. Thanks again.
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Nov 22, 2012 06:57
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In England, does anyone know the situation regarding employers setting different standards of dress for men and women? For example, is it allowed for an employer to permit women with long hair to have it down, but require men with long hair to tie it up?
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Anjow posted:In England, does anyone know the situation regarding employers setting different standards of dress for men and women? For example, is it allowed for an employer to permit women with long hair to have it down, but require men with long hair to tie it up? It's legal to have a dress code that enforces ‘conventional standards of dress and appearance,' to include "Tidy hair not below shirt collar length" for males but not females. THE LUMMOX posted:Hello legal question megathread. I greatly appreciate any help anyone can give me. Seems like, 1. the agreement is for one year 2. after one year, the agreement is automatically extended for three months. 3. the three month extension is automatically renewed every three months, indefinitely. 4. After the first year is up, either party may refuse an extension by saying so (in writing) at least one month before the term ends. (i.e., the earliest the agreement will be over is Nov. 10, 2013, but only if ether party gives notice before Oct. 10, 2013)
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joat mon posted:
After the automatic extensions start however it's completely indecipherable as to when that 1 month notice needs to be given from and when it becomes effective. e: well not completely, but it's arguable in several different directions Alchenar fucked around with this message at 11:55 on Nov 22, 2012 |
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Nov 22, 2012 11:53
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Ok thank you so much for the clarification that makes sense now.
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Nov 22, 2012 12:17
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Talk about an example of how not to draft
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THE LUMMOX posted:I can't for the life of me make sense of this. In simple English, what does this paragraph mean? 
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I have a landlord-tenant issue in Ontario. I don't know if anyone who reads this thread is from my province, but I would appreciate any suggestions. The tl;dr is that my ex-landlord kept my deposits and has now invented a fake list of damages. I moved out three weeks ago. I had given two deposits: a key deposit and a security deposit. (I did not know then that security deposits are illegal in Ontario.) I have been hassling the landlord about the deposits. When I said that I would file with the Landlord-Tenant Board to recover them, she fired back with the list of damages. Some of this happened over the phone so I can't prove the timeline. As far as the deposits are concerned, none of this matters. The Landlord-Tenant Board told me that she cannot deduct from an illegal security deposit even if the damages were genuine. But she is threatening to take me to Small Claims. The condition of the apartment was never documented, because I am stupid. It was brand-new when I moved in, but there were some construction deficiencies. She has no evidence. I have a few emails vaguely referencing pre-existing damages, and one from her two days before I moved out calling me a great tenant. I also have a few emails to corroborate that I bugged her for three weeks about the deposits before she responded with this. How likely am I to get screwed here? I'm pretty sure that if I stop pursuing the deposits she'll drop the damage threat, but that's lovely.
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Nov 22, 2012 20:58
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What do you mean by construction deficiencies?
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Nov 22, 2012 23:35
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MassaShowtime posted:What do you mean by construction deficiencies? Some floorboards that needed to be replaced, a few things that were installed poorly: a door, a light fixture, the bathroom vanity. She's trying to hold me responsible for all but the vanity, plus other stuff that did not exist. I have an email thread to show that the door was a pre-existing problem and that I approached the builder directly to get it fixed after my landlord did not reply. No documentation on anything else.
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I have a co-op building issue in New York City. I'm being harassed by the building board president, or whatever her title is. This August, I was doing my laundry one night. I was just finishing up around 11 PM, and she comes out of nowhere, screaming very loudly at me. Her face is red, her hands are on her sides, and she's repeatedly pacing back and forth, sometimes slamming her fist into a table or clutching her keys and threatening to lock me inside the laundry room. For a few minutes she goes back upstairs, and I learn later that she was shouting in our hallway and banging on our door before coming back downstairs again. She's screaming curses uncontrollably, and I'm standing there in complete shock, having no idea what just happened. After a half minute of this, her words are more coherent, but they're very threatening and insulting. This entire time, I'm still standing there, completely speechless. Some of the things she says are:
In the days ever since, she's been harassing me. I haven't responded to her at all, just ignoring her and not looking in her direction while I walk. A week after the laundry room incident, I was leaving the building and she was in the lobby, yelling at me, asking why I didn't say hello to her and where my manners were in a very threatening tone of voice. Every time I walk down the hallway and wait for the elevator, she walks right up to her door, and I can hear her behind it while she stares at me through the peephole, since her door is right across from the elevator. If I leave the building and come back, she's almost always in the lobby or outside, waiting there and staring at me. Ever since she figured out I was ignoring her, she started out quiet, but has now been muttering curses at me every time I pass with increasing loudness. Yesterday, I could hear her stream of insults while I walked down the hallway. 'Piece of poo poo', 'son of a bitch', 'bastard' and other things on repeat without a single break between them. I don't feel physically threatened by her since she's an old lady, but every day it's getting worse and she's more aggressive than before. I can't walk in or out of the apartment building without feeling like she's going to be there waiting for me, cursing or talking to her dog while staring at me. I'm phobic of going into the laundry room at night, I just can't do it anymore, and even during the daytime I can barely do my laundry without shaking from anxiety. I keep thinking that one day she's going to snap and pull a gun on me, because a few years ago we had another incident with a different crazy old lady pulling a gun on someone. That's how threatened I feel. She also supposedly has the power to evict us if she can bring proof that we're being bad tenants, so that's another layer of anxiety on there. I have absolutely no idea what I'm supposed to do here. I've done absolutely nothing to provoke her, and I'm avoiding any conflict by staying completely silent. However, the anxiety is unbearable. What can I do? Moving out is not an option in the near future, I'm stuck here for the time being. karl fungus fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Nov 26, 2012 |
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Nov 26, 2012 00:15
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I'd call the police, especially if she is making threats rather than just insults. They should at least come out and talk to her, which is a good first step in resolving the problem. Plus, calling the police starts a very solid documentation trail which can be helpful later if the situation escalates.
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Nov 26, 2012 01:07
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karl fungus posted:crazy lady in my building
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I'm probably going to go with the police route. I live near a precinct, so I can just walk there and find someone to talk to about this. Don't the police want evidence, though? I don't have anything concrete to give them. I haven't asked her why she's creepily obsessed over hating me, because I don't want to stir up more conflict. I've maintained a strict wall of silence, even when she followed me downstairs just so that she could look through the garbage I had just thrown out. karl fungus fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Nov 26, 2012 |
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Nov 26, 2012 01:39
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I got a speeding ticket in California going 80 in a 65. Since I was only going 15 miles over I get the chance to go to traffic school so that it doesn't have to go on my insurance. My question though is that if I try to contest it and lose the battle, do I also loose the chance to go to traffic school and have the citation removed from my record? Also does anyone have any tips for writing the Trial by Written Declaration (Form TR205) or any tips how I should approach fighting it. I was clearly going over the limit but I'm really strapped for cash now and I was traveling on military orders in an unfamiliar place. Thanks
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karl fungus posted:I'm probably going to go with the police route. I live near a precinct, so I can just walk there and find someone to talk to about this. Don't the police want evidence, though? I don't have anything concrete to give them. You should really just ask her why she's so rude before calling the cops. There's almost no way that talking to her could escalate things more quickly than calling the cops, and it'll give you more details to tell the cops. Alternatively, ask some of the other tenants about their relationship with her, and whether she's crazy to them too, or what she says about you. Maybe she thinks you recently got a dog and hates the idea of pets in the building.
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I don't know if California is different but in Arizona you need to complete traffic school 7 days before your court date.
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