Legal Questions and Answers
How can I evict a tenant who is behind on rent?
I lease a building (first floor my business); the second floor is my apartment. I sublet a room to a tenant that stopped paying rent for about two months. How can I evict him?
01/31/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Violat... | State: ALL | #1400Can credit card companies get a judgement against my property without going to court?
I owe about $66,000 to credit cards. I have real estate valued at around $180,000. My question is, can the credit card companies or lawyers tie up my property without my day in court? Can they get a judgment without going to court on any of my real estate?
01/31/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Alabama | #1399How do you take a past due Accounts Receivable to court to collect the monies owed to your company?
How do you take a past due Accounts Receivable to court to collect the monies owed to your company for services provided?
01/31/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: California | #1398Where can I find a form to rescind a sales contract?
I need a form to rescind a sales contract? What is it called?
01/31/2007 | Category: Contracts | State: New Jersey | #1397If separated and one spouse files bankruptcy, is the other still responsible for that spouse's debt?
My husband and I are thinking of signing a separation agreement. We do not understand the part of the agreement on bankruptcy (see below). Our question actually is as follows: if after signing the separation agreement one of the parties files for bankruptcy, is the other party still held liable by the court for the debts that the bankrupt party made?
01/31/2007 | Category: Bankruptcy | State: ALL | #1396Can a 17 year old girl with child who is going to an alternative school be emancipated?
Can a 17 year old girl with child who is not working and going to an alternative school be emancipated?
01/31/2007 | Category: Minors » Emancipation... | State: Indiana | #1395What can I do as mayor if funds for police department were misspent?
I am a mayor in a small borough. Recently I hired a chief of police and one officer, after not having an officer or a police department for a entire budgeted year. When the citizens asked if the 2006 budgeted money was still there they were told "yes" by the president of the council. However, the money was not there. The money was spent elsewhere. That information was not told...
01/31/2007 | Category: Criminal | State: Pennsylvania | #1394What is the best method to protect the deposit I put down on the business I am purchasing?
I am entering into an agreement to purchase a small retail business from the current owner and he requested a small deposit as good faith in order to take it off the market. I don’t want to lose this business opportunity however, I want to protect myself and not lose the binder if the deal does not got to formal contract. The seller requested a deposit of $10,000? Is there a s...
01/31/2007 | Category: Contracts » BuySell Agre... | State: New York | #1393What does a Letter of Intent to the landlord need to include and should it be notarized?
I am having a hard time finding out how to properly write a Letter of Intent from us (the Tenant) to the Landlord. What all can be involved? Does the document have to be “notarized”?
01/31/2007 | Category: Landlord Tenant | State: Texas | #1392Does a holder in due process apply to a gift by contract?
Does a holder in due process apply to a gift by contract?
01/31/2007 | Category: Contracts | State: New Mexico | #1391