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- [Update] Ex-husband forged my name on a student loan
- Neighbor wants trees cut down in my backyard due to alleged root issue on his side. Apparently at my cost.....
- Do I NEED hot water?
- Officer did not hand me a citation when I was pulled over, instead he mailed it and I received it 9 days later and stated my hearing has to be within 14 days, leaving me only 5 to appear. [Michigan,USA]
- Minnesota, USA Landlord maintenance people let another tenant's dog out, that dog came into my apartment (which maintenance people propped open) and scratched up a door and wall
- UPS driver forged my signature on a very expensive package and I have spent the last few months running into dead ends with the claims department of both UPS, PayPal, and Louis Vuitton.
- Is it legal to require your tenants not eat meat [WA]
- I had legal action threatened against me for enforcing mask rules at my job
- [NY] Employment law inquiry: Ex-manager caught texting my girlfriend asking inappropriate questions about our sex lives/my personal sick days. No action by the boss, so I ask for a transfer to a different office. HR denies my request, terminated. Counsel?
- Iowa - cousin's mom is worried she will lose her home if eviction moratoriums are extended, trying to figure out where to go from here
- Job wont pay for "off the clock" work, but in order to do what is required of us every day, we would have to work off the clock. Advice on what to do?
- Tenant refusing to leave at lease end, citing COVID
- Legality of Texas HOA raising fees during unannounced closed board session?
- Michigan - Creditor coming for me about vehicle ex-spouse got in divorce
- [New Mexico]Neighbor is using heavy machinery on his property directly adjacent to our house, ~100 feet away. Our whole house is vibrating. Can we do anything?
- Home purchased while separated questions(VA)
- Child custody, was referred here.
- Found someone selling my stolen item, help!
- Certified Arborist question about Tree Law
- Firearm purchasing and possession
- Parents will not give back cat and other belongings (NJ)
- Computer repair store has a rent notice and my computer.
- Hot water requirements, is this a problem?
| [Update] Ex-husband forged my name on a student loan Posted: 02 Dec 2020 10:22 PM PST I was able to get my name removed from the loan and the loan has been removed from my credit report! Here is what I did:
This ordeal was so stressful but I learned a lot.I was really grateful to the Navient people that were so helpful and hardworking and who took the time to really investigate my case. If you're ever in a situation where someone co-signs your name on a loan without permission, these tips really helped me:
And the biggest tip I can give: If someone co-signs your name on a loan, report them to the police immediately. Even if it's someone you love (or loved), a family member, a friend - report it to the police. I would have saved myself a lot of time and worry if I'd just done that. I'm so happy to be free of this burden. Thank you to those who commented. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 07:15 AM PST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Posted on r/home improvement but cross posting here at commenters suggestion. My neighbor from the house behind mine came by yesterday randomly and gave me a letter asking me to cut down the trees in my backyard. He has a pool in his and is saying the roots are ruining the cement around his pool. I'd rather not remove them bc I like the shade and look but it's not a huge deal if I do. Issue is, it will cost about 2k to get them all cut down so I'm questioning me having to foot the bill for something that doesn't cause an issue for me while he pays nothing. But I also don't want to be a twat neighbor and want to get alone when we need to replace the fence in the future. Might be wrong sub but trying here first. UPDATE: just spoke to him. He wants me to pay for removal or go to court [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 06:25 AM PST I am a disabled veteran in florida. I have been living at my current residence for 7 months. I have never had hot water. ONE time I had not cold water for approximately 45 seconds. I have asked the apartment manager to put in a work order (1st written 3rd verbal) two weeks ago. My question is two parts; 1) is it illegal to have low income housing tenants without hot water? And 2) how long is the work repair order supposed to be done? Thanks in advance for any and ALL help! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:29 PM PST I was pulled over on morning of 11/24. He told me he was going to give me a citation for failure to signal, and a formal warning for following a car too closely. HOWEVER, he did not hand me the citation that morning claiming his printer was broken and he had to go help someone else so he was in a rush. I didn't get it in the mail until 9 days later, it says my appearance date is on/before 14 days (it doesn't specifically say from date of incident, but I assume that's what it means). This leaves me only 5 days to appear there to schedule a hearing.
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| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 10:16 AM PST Sorry this is a crazy long story but I don't know what matters and what doesn't. I am in Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis. The Monday before Thanksgiving my landlord was supposed to have my hot water heater replaced. They were scheduled to arrive at 11. At 8:45 I was taking one last shower (in case anything went wrong with install and I didn't have hot water for a while). The landlord's 2 maintenance workers and 2 employees from an HVAC company arrived over 2 hours early to do the install. They had stated in an email that any pets must be secured during the appointment from 11AM to 1PM; since this was over 2 hours early I hadn't yet locked my cat up and she was loose in my apartment. Based on my video doorbell footage they did not knock or ring the bell, just walked up, unlocked my door, shoved something under it to hold it open and walked away. Meanwhile, two others carried the new water heater into the apt building. They were supposed to go to the left door upstairs, but went to the left door downstairs. The other maintenance worker unlocked THAT door and propped it open, and while they figured out they were in the wrong place, that tenant's dog escaped. That tenant was sleeping and didn't know this was happening. Dog in hallway sees my cat in hallway, dog chases cat. I heard barking and opened the bathroom door in time for my cat to run in, and shut the door before the dog. The dog then proceeded to bark and scratch at my door. For the record I have been around this dog before and the dog has been in my apartment with my cat before, but is very very excitable and normally the owner has to keep her calm. After being let out and chased up stairs by strangers, the dog was very excited and crazy. But I also didn't know this was my neighbor's dog at the time - just that SOME dog was outside my bathroom door. I was naked in the bathroom yelling for a while but the maintenance workers were outside my apartment laughing, taking video and joking this entire time. Eventually the dog lost interest in the door and went to lay on my bed, and the maintenance workers came to the bathroom door to talk to me. When I found out the dog was from downstairs, I told them they needed to go find her owner - apparently that hadn't occurred to them. Someone went downstairs and 20 seconds later the dog's owner came to get the dog. All in all the dog scratched the door, door frame, trim around the door and some drywall. The scratches are not particularly deep but the landlord says the door, door frame, trim pieces and drywall will need to be completely replaced and repainted, and says it will cost $1450 coming out of my deposit ($1600). The landlord says if I want to hold someone else responsible, I will have to work it out with the dog's owner. I am frustrated by this because I feel like this whole thing is at least somewhat the fault of the maintenance workers - (1) They arrived much earlier than scheduled and didn't try to alert me in any way despite the maintenance record noting I have pets (2) They unlocked the WRONG door and let someone ELSE'S pet out of their apartment (3) They made no effort to handle the situation once it started - they didn't try to get the owner, didn't come in to talk to me, didn't try to call animal control - just stood outside my apartment laughing, taking a selfie video of some kind and joking about what was going on (I have video doorbell footage of this). I know a dog was involved here and dogs can be dangerous, but they were the ones who let the dogs out so I would've expected them to do SOMETHING more than laugh. If they had immediately alerted the dog's owner that the dog was loose, the dog's owner could've gotten the dog before it even made it to my apartment, but they made no effort. So my questions are - (A) Who is more legally responsible here? Is it actually me because my lease says I'm responsible for the condition of my unit, like my landlord says? Is it the dog's owner because the dog caused the damage? Is it the landlord / their workers who unlocked the wrong apartment and let a pet out and then didn't do anything about it? (B) If this shouldn't come out of my deposit, do I have any recourse in advance? I am moving to Seattle - my lease ends on the 31st, but my final walk-through is on the 28th and by the 29th I will be many states away in Seattle. From what I'm reading online I have to wait until the landlord sends me an itemized accounting of my deposit and THEN I can sue in small claims if I believe I am owed more deposit back, but at that point it will cost me as much money to take time off work, fly back to MN and stay in a hotel for the court date, at which point I might as well just forego the money altogether - which sucks. Can I do anything pre-emptively ensure the full return of my deposit if I am so entitled to it? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2020 06:12 PM PST Hello Legal Advice Community! Hoping some of the experts here can help me as I try to figure out what options I have to pursue legal action in this situation. I'll try to keep it short but here is the overview of the situation. Near the end of May I ordered a handbag for an upcoming anniversary from Louis Vuitton. The delivery ended up being delayed due to stock issues and it finally went out for delivery in the first week of June. At this time I was living in Chicago and civil unrest had made me uneasy about living at my apartment so I went to stay with my parents in the suburbs. While I was staying there the package went out for delivery. I figured I would get one of those "we missed you" slips and be able to pick up the package from an access point as soon as I got back to my place. To my surprise the package was marked as "Delivered and signed for my __my last name__". I am the only one with my last name that lives at or around that address, and it seems obvious to me that the driver just typed in my name off of the package and left it outside somewhere. The only way to get into the apartment lobby is with a door code or to be buzzed in, neither of which I had the ability to do from 20+ miles away. By the time I was able to get back the package was nowhere to be found. I called UPS and they said it could be a mistake and to see if it shows up in a couple days. This didn't happen and that's when I opened the first claim. I spoke to both UPS and Louis Vuitton who assured me claims would be opened. I let them both know I had supporting information, including text messages discussing me living at parents house and GPS data from my phone showing me in their house and around their neighborhood at the time of the supposed delivery. I was never contacted to share this information. I tried emailing, calling, and sending chat requests but to this day neither company has ever reached out to me to get this information. Every time I call I get the same response, UPS tells me to work through LV since they are the shipper. LV tells me they will have a claims specialist reach out to me to discuss the claim and share supporting documents. I have been through the "claims" process with LV now 3 times and each time the claim is closed before an effort is made to contact me. I feel lost in this whole process and now LV is saying I have opened the claim the maximum number of times. Since the timeframe to file a claim with PayPal is nearly up I started a claim with them. This time I was able to upload the supporting documents and typed out the entire situation but now they are treating it like a lost return since the UPS tracking says it was delivered to me. I have no idea what to do and have been trying to research what courses of action I may have to pursue this legally. I'm out a few thousand dollars and both UPS and Louis Vuitton don't seem to care enough to even contact me regarding the situation. So please r/legaladvice, do I have any options here? (Hopefully everything made sense, happy to provide any additional info, first time posting here!) Edit: Reached out to LV once again and the new spiel is that they cannot help me with this claims process any longer and to contact my financial institution, which I did. Also found out that according to LV signatures are still required for all orders over $50 and UPS is still (or should be) collecting them. Finally, the reason I wasn't able to manage the delivery in UPS My Choice is because LV does not allow My Choice management for any of their shipments...how convenient... [link] [comments]  |
| Is it legal to require your tenants not eat meat [WA] Posted: 03 Dec 2020 11:29 AM PST My wife and I are looking for a house and found one we really like. We noticed that despite being really nice and a good price, it's been on the market for more than a month. When we spoke to the landlords they answered all our questions and we thought it was a promising option... until they mentioned that their house is "meat free." They don't allow tenants to eat any kind of meat on their house, vegetarian only. To clarify, this is a standalone house on its own property. It's not like we'd be sharing part of a home with the landlords who live there. Obviously we won't push the issue and try to move into a house where the landlords wouldn't want us, but it made me curious if it's even legal for a landlord have that kind of requirement. [link] [comments]  |
| I had legal action threatened against me for enforcing mask rules at my job Posted: 03 Dec 2020 04:30 AM PST So I work at a library in NYC and a patron came in with a mask on under her nose. I asked her to put her mask up if she wished to continue using the library. She immediately started yelling that she had asthma that prevented her from wearing her mask over her nose. We have signs on our doors that state that anyone entering must wear a mask and illustrated signs that indicate proper use of a mask (covering chin, mouth, and nose). I kept on referring to them in order to let her know our policy regarding masks. She yelled and begged with me asking what she was supposed to do if she couldn't keep her mask on over her nose due to her asthma. I said, "Stay home." (This is where I feel like I might be in trouble?) Eventually I had to ask her to leave multiple times. As she left, she yelled that she was an attorney and that she would be pursuing legal action. A note- I know this sounds like a r/thathappened scenario, but this really did happen. Also as a reminder I am posting this on r/legaladvice . This is not a space to debate mask wearing. I simply want to know if I said or did anything that could land me in hot water in a courtroom should she decide to pursue any legal action. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:11 PM PST title says it all. My girlfriend received a text asking why I wasn't in work one day and she was asked if im looking for a new job. I'm also made aware she asks my girlfriend about our sex lives (my gf used to work there, ex-manager asked inappropriate questions). I was promised HR would get involved. When that lie expired, I went to HR myself. I have recorded HR as I was terminated, and they said the manager overstepped boundaries but did not wrong and she will not be receiving any negative marks. I ask to transfer, they decline. I am therefore terminated. Who can I talk to about this? What are my options? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 06:16 AM PST My cousin's mom was injured in an accident and couldn't return to her home due to stairs, but will eventually be able to do so after physical therapy. In the mean time she rented an accessible apartment and rented out her home of 38 years (because she could not afford both rent and her mortgage). Her tenants are convinced that the eviction moratorium means they do not have to pay rent, so they have not paid a penny since March. She lost her job and has not been able to find a new one making the same money she had previously; she was receiving unemployment benefits but it hasn't been enough. With her medical costs and iffy home repairs on top of everything, her emergency fund ran out in July. Since then she has been withdrawing from her retirement fund to stay on top of the mortgage so she doesn't lose her home. That isn't sustainable. She has talked to several realtors about just selling the home to get herself out of this hole, but has basically been told no one will want to buy it with a nonpaying uncooperative tenant, and that she should get rid of the tenant before she tries. At this point she is thinking that if the tenants aren't gone at the end of their lease, she will have no choice but to let the bank foreclose on the home to get out of this mess, which is devastating to her. Here are the basics of what she is wondering, but we are open to any other relevant info anyone thinks we should know! (1) They are now on 9 months of no rent payment, over $9,000. We are afraid that even once the eviction moratorium ends, she will face an uphill battle to recover the money. If the moratorium is extended, can she sue them for nonpayment of rent in the mean time to be able to move forward with some effort to recover it, like garnishing wages? (2) This exceeds the small claims court limit, so she would have to go through the normal courts. She met with the lawyer to talk about this and he pretty much said that even though she'd probably win, it would be hard to collect the judgment and she'd probably have to do wage garnishment or something, at which point it would take a long time to recover the funds. He basically thinks she'd be even worse off because she'd have to pay legal fees up front and if she does get the money it will probably take years, if ever. This was a huge disappointment to her - this means they're basically living rent free in her house for a year and it sounds like she has almost no recourse, which sucks. (3) Assuming the moratorium is extended again... The lease is written to end in February but the language states that the lease "may extend on a month-to-month basis" and requires 30 day notice from either party to end the lease. If she gives them notice at the end of January to leave at the end of February (the lease end) and they don't, can she then evict them not for nonpayment of rent but for the fact that the lease has ended? As I mentioned, if there is anything else we should know we would appreciate it. She is an older woman afraid of losing her home and I am hoping to help her in any way I can. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 02:46 AM PST Hey, first of all I'm so glad I stumbled upon this subreddit. This is for an Iowa location So I work at a brand new Hy-Vee that opened this year. I'm a barista at the Starbucks inside. Everything is great, (sorta). Now onto the problem. Problem: Starbucks closes at 8pm. We have been told that we will not get paid after 830pm, which is the latest we are scheduled to. Which leads to most of the employees working till 830 and no later because who wants to work and not get paid? So as a result things are cleaned terribly or not at all because we barely have time to get the dishes and machines broke down and cleaned by then. Every job I've been at would never encourage this. I want to be a good employee and also a good coworker, and so I've been wondering that if I/we stay and do a proper closing, which would only take until 9 or shortly after, are they legally required to pay us for hours worked? I just want to be able to properly clean the place without having to do the extra work in the morning because there is already so much we have to do during the morning Is hyvee allowed to do that since our shifts are "scheduled" to end there or not? Would we get in trouble for working past our scheduled time for trying to properly do our job? Basically what I want to know is since the shift "ends" at 830, does that mean they legally don't have to pay us after that? Because I know it's against company policy to work off the clock. I'm not trying to get more pay out of hyvee although I've already started noticing just how terrible and greedy the company really is. I just want to be able to help run this place like a buisness should. The only reason that place isnt disgusting as fuck already is because me and my favorite coworker always clean the fuck out of that place in the mornings. We've even made our own daily and weekly cleaning checklists that include over 2 dozen things that otherwise would almost never be cleaned. Usually one person comes into a kiosk that's still dirty and depending on the day over half of everything needs restocked. If you read this far, thank you and please comment what you think below or what I should do because I don't know who I should talk to about this, It is against company policy to work off the clock, which is what working after 830pm would be. So are they legally not allowed to pay us?? And also would we get in trouble for staying to finish up what is SUPPOSED to be required to do every day? What should I do? FINAL EDIT: So yes part of the problem is part of our team not putting in their share of work, which should be addressed by my manager but is not. My problem with the not getting paid after 830pm is yes it's illegal for us to work after that, but the fact that HyVee told us that we will not be paid is my problem, because that is flat put illegal. They have also said we don't get paid overtime- also illegal. I've spent a few hours reading about other employees hyvee experiences and they definitely aren't the best. Hyvee definitely has the money to pay for overtime or a few extra hours, I've seen how much the store makes in a week on average. The bigwigs at corporate are greedy as hell is the problem. I'm not going to start another rant but it's wrong for hyvee to be telling their employees this, rather they should have said we need to clock out at 830 no matter what. We have had some of us get paychecks and didn't get paid for all our hours worked and that's why I'm making this a big deal because they will do it again if we don't watch. [link] [comments]  |
| Tenant refusing to leave at lease end, citing COVID Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:19 PM PST Bit of a weird situation, asking for advice on behalf of a family member. This is in Illinois. My family owns a townhome that we rent out. The current resident is not on the lease, rent is payed by her husband who - in the last month or so - moved elsewhere. Rent for December is due, but they just notified us they will not be able to pay citing "financial hardship due to COVID". That's fine - I understand why, given the current situation, paying rent might be difficult. What is troubling is their lease ends on December 31st - and they're claiming we can't evict them on Jan 1st due to COVID tenant protections. They are claiming they can stay past their lease end date. Given they are not able to pay their rent for December, we're wondering whether they are actually able to stay past their lease - and not pay rent in the process. Any advice on whether they have any legal standing to stay past their lease end, or if there's anything we should be prepared to do on Jan 1st? Appreciate the help! [link] [comments]  |
| Legality of Texas HOA raising fees during unannounced closed board session? Posted: 03 Dec 2020 11:35 AM PST I live in Texas. Our property owner association's formal channel of communication is an email list. The POA board has been having annual meetings preceded by board meetings that are not announced. This year, the POA board met again without prior notice and voted to raise the annual assessment and to raise the sewage fee. This was after our annual meeting during which the board members indicated there would be no increase in assessments this year. I was irritated enough to look more into this. We are not under developer control, although the developer is on the board as the treasurer and as interim president. My understanding is that Texas state property code Title 11 Section 209.005 places some restrictions on HOA / POA board meetings and voting on particular issues including increases in assessments. I believe the September board meeting and its discussion and vote on increasing assessments was in violation of this law. I attempted to confidentially contact the board to get clarification about this issue and was met with little response. After some prodding, the board emailed the resident list and sent some information indicating that future board meetings would be announced in advance, so I seem to have made them aware of the law if they were not already. Is my understanding of the legal code here correct and these actions were illegal? If the board illegally increased assessments, are the residents (me specifically in this case) required to pay the increase? What recourse do I have? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Michigan - Creditor coming for me about vehicle ex-spouse got in divorce Posted: 03 Dec 2020 08:12 AM PST Hello Legal Advice. In 2017, my ex-spouse and I divorced. In the divorce, we each got our personal vehicles. Both still had loans on them where I was the primary signer. The legalese in the judgement states "each party must assume the indebtedness on the respective vehicle for which they are awarded and the party awarded a specific vehicle must hold the other harmless from that debt and indemnify the other party from the obligations on the vehicle for which they are awarded in this judgement. Each party shall cooperate in signing the necessary paperwork to transfer vehicle titles, if necessary." As quickly as I could, I refinanced my vehicle and have since paid it off. My ex-spouse chose to not make loan payments on her vehicle. It has since been repossessed, sold, and I now have lawyers coming to me looking for the money owed on the vehicle. I've already paid this person 3 years of spousal support and have no interest paying off her car loan. What options do I have? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:12 PM PST Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (Española) Our neighbor has a piece of land that is directly adjacent to our house. It is only separated by a small wire fence. He is currently using heavy machinery to knock down trees, dig into the ground, pour out sand, and other things (we're not 100% sure of everything he's doing, but those three things have been the most problematic). He is intending to make a road on the land that leads from his backyard to our street. He is maybe 100 feet away from our house while he's doing this. Our whole house has been vibrating and shaking all day. Is there anything we can do, specifically in regards to the heavy vibrations and shaking? We are also worried about the possibility of trees falling onto our property. We have a few buildings in our backyard and the trees that he's tearing down (not using a chainsaw, just knocking them down with a backhoe) are right up against our property. [link] [comments]  |
| Home purchased while separated questions(VA) Posted: 03 Dec 2020 02:31 PM PST I purchased a home in Virginia while separated from my spouse and am thinking about reconciling with my spouse and getting back together. Prior to doing that I wanted to know if she would have legal claim to the property if we got back togeyher and it didn't work out [link] [comments]  |
| Child custody, was referred here. Posted: 03 Dec 2020 01:14 PM PST So me and my daughters father split up January 2020. I moved in with his parents, until I could get on my own two feet (I dont have my own family that could help me) A month and a half later I got my own place. During that month and a half where I stayed with his parents, he went OFF THE RAILS, he wouldn't take care of his daughter, he would mainly verbally attack me and his parents. He said he was gonna kill me and them after he found out they bought me car to get my kids around (my son to school, I have a child from a previous marriage, my relationship with my sons father is EXCELLENT, we co parent amazingly well) he was very controlling and jealous towards the end of our relationship. anyways, two days after his parents bought me the car, he vandalized it and poured sugar in the gas tank ( I know it was him because he always talked about wanting to do that to my ex husbands car). Since it wasn't caught on camera and there was no witnesses, the police couldn't do anything. So his parents set up a ring doorbell. I had to get a restraining order, luckily I had enough proof from texts and hundreds of missed calls that he was off his rocker. He was arrested for violating it (the reason on the report is excessive stalking). Hes suing me for 5050 custody of our daughter. Hes only seen her on Thanksgiving for a couple hours at his parents home since I was working that night (only time hes spent time with her since the beginning of the YEAR). Im worried because he can afford a lawyer and I cannot. He put in the paperwork that he wants me to pay for his lawyer costs, and we're talking about a very wealthy man. He has money, he owns three houses, two of them he rents out and makes money that way. He has 4 cars. Im scared that even though we have a no contact order and he cannot speak to me at all until that other case is settled with him violating the restraining order, that somehow this custody case is going to go in his favor. In his financial affidavit he put that he spends 150 a month on our daughter that he never sees, he put that he has no income because of covid even though I know he has rental properties. My bedroom in my condo is completely empty.. i spent all my money on the kids, furniture for them,, stuff we need for my place,, ive slept on the couch since i moved in here.. We did mediation,, it was a quick disagreement. He wanted tues, wed, thurs, and every other Friday with our daughter, I cannot agree to that because that would split.my kids up and they would NEVER see eachother, only once every other Friday. Since he wasn't working i gave him the option of having her every other weekend as a temporary schedule until we had a court date and because he wasn't working and he said no, so it was a waste of time.. Im fine with him having her on weekends and we can only communicate through the parenting app and I drop our daughter off at his parents and he can pick her up from there cause I really do not want to see him, I just dont want to hear it, I dont want our daughter to hear it.I mean im a single mom, i bartend 4 nights a week to support me and my 2 kids. I pay $2100 in bills a month. I am from FL by the way if that helps at all. Idk, im just worried that this is all going to go in his favor for some reason. I can not afford an attorney and this mandatory case management is happening on Tuesday the 8th. I have all my paperwork turned in, because im familiar with a custody from my previous divorce, but this guy is a while not person my ex husband was. Any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Found someone selling my stolen item, help! Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:39 PM PST Hi, I recently had an item stolen from my car (a purse) and I recently saw it for sale on a local website! I know it is mine because it has the same serial number (each item by this company has a unique serial number) and same color/size/specs. I can prove ownership because I have the receipt for it which includes the serial number, credit card statement from when I purchased it and pictures with it as well. How would I go about getting my purse back? [link] [comments]  |
| Certified Arborist question about Tree Law Posted: 03 Dec 2020 09:35 AM PST Obviously, I'm not a lawyer. I know I'm not a lawyer, I do not intend to give my clients any legal advice. I am a certified arborist with a tree risk assessment qualification. The area in which I live just had a MAJOR ice storm and the damage is extreme. The leaves were still on the trees and this caused a huge number of limbs to break on the tops of oaks, pecans, and other large trees from the ice clinging to the surface area. We have a client who had the damage cleaned up (restorative pruning) and wanted additional trimming done to help mitigate risk over her house and her neighbor's house. Now the neighbor is complaining that we didn't do enough. I understand, as per our city's ordinances, that once it goes over his property line it is his right and responsibility to prune. However, we have always had the understanding that this does not extend so far as would be detrimental to the tree, which, in my professional opinion, cutting more would be. I believe we should refrain from taking any additional live canopy from the tree, and I would also qualify the remaining limbs over his roof as a "low" risk for the next year. In addition, he isn't actually our client, we have no contract with him. My question is this: Is there a pdf or a link to an statue/previous case or something I can send to this asshat to explain to him that he doesn't actually have the right to do damage to the tree? At this point he has been told (by a qualified professional) that his actions are likely to do so? I'm not sure why he isn't taking my word for it but this is the second time this situation has come up in the past year and I would just like a document or webpage that will let them read about this and leave me the hell out of it. To be clear- our company will not be cutting anymore on this tree regardless of how he feels. However, I need to follow up on this because our client is obsessing over what her neighbor thinks/worries about and isn't letting it go even after I offered to speak with him and explain the situation. I know he isn't our client and we have no contract with him, but our client will not be happy unless he simmers down. As someone who enjoys tree work because Me = introvert. I. hate. this. crap. tl/dr: Help a lady out by finding links to something that explains you can't do major damage/kill a neighbor's tree even though you have the right to prune what is over your property. :) In the USA, Oklahoma. [link] [comments]  |
| Firearm purchasing and possession Posted: 03 Dec 2020 12:23 PM PST So I am currently 15 years old. When I was 14 years old probably around 3 1/2 months ago, I was sent to a mental hospital. When that happened, I was at a military boarding school in Georgia, but I live in Florida. I was wondering if being in the mental hospital at 14 would stop me from purchasing, owning, and possessing a firearm in the state of Florida? I would love to know because if it does stop me, then I want to begin the process to get my rights reinstated as soon as possible. [link] [comments]  |
| Parents will not give back cat and other belongings (NJ) Posted: 03 Dec 2020 01:35 PM PST Forgive me if I mis-flared this- I'm not sure if this best fits under anything else. To be safe, I also marked this as NSFW for mentions of abuse. I (NB20) had to move out of my house last Thursday (Thanksgiving) due to ongoing abuse. There was an incident which I will not go into detail with, but it ended up being the straw that broke the camel's back. (Non-violent) When I was attempting to leave, my parents would actively bar me from leaving the house to the point I had to push past my mother. I am currently safe and staying with someone very close to me. The issue now becomes how to get the rest of my belongings- most of which I have grown up with in my room. I had to leave without any of my clothes, personal assorted belongings- but most importantly, my cat. I have had my cat since I was 10 years old (he is 10 now), and he was adopted as a stray. Due to the fact I was, well, 10 when I got him, my parents took care of the food and vaccinations for him- however, I was the one who cared for him, and we quickly bonded and I am "his person" in a sense. As far as I am aware, he was never microchipped. Is there a safe and legal way to go about getting my belongings, but most importantly, my cat? I want to make this as civil as possible. [link] [comments]  |
| Computer repair store has a rent notice and my computer. Posted: 03 Dec 2020 07:02 AM PST So basically I brought my computer to a computer repair shop (Louisiana) about two weeks ago to fix a broken fan. After the free diagnostic he said he'll have it ready in about a week. A week has passed and the place is never open, and I'm not able to get into contact with the guy running the shop (calling the business during open hours sends straight to voicemail.) Two weeks of the store being closed, I walk up to the store and there's a rent notice taped to the door. If this goes further I'm concerned that I might not get my PC back. What's the best way to claim my property if not through the business itself? Edit: Thanks for the help everyone! I managed to make myself a plan for every possible outcome in the next few days and I should be getting my computer back before Cyberpunk 2077. I have the owner's number and if he doesn't call me back then I'll wait until the landlord has property rights back in 5 days and collect my computer then. If it's not there, then I'll get the police involved. [link] [comments]  |
| Hot water requirements, is this a problem? Posted: 03 Dec 2020 11:55 AM PST Hello! This is my first time renting, I live on the top floor of a 3 unit building. We have been having some hot water problems for the last couple of weeks. Our water gets 'warm' but never any higher than about room temperature. The shower doesn't get any hotter than lukewarm no matter what. I do live on the third floor, and the building is older so realistically i'm not expecting the water to be boiling or anything. It's 'liveable' but just seriously annoying because about half of the time i take a shower it is ice cold. Everything was fine until a couple of weeks ago, our water just stopped being warm. We put in a maintenance request about three weeks ago, it took about a week to contract a plumber who then no call/no showed twice. He is a friend of the landlord apparently. Basically what I'm wondering, is if there are any rules being broken or what approach to take from here. Edit: I forgot to clarify, I live in MA just outside Boston. [link] [comments]  |
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