Legal Questions and Answers
How can my husband have his crimnial record from 15 years ago expunged?
My husband was convicted of B&E when he was sixteen years old. He pulled his time and got out on parole/probation. He was catching chickens for a living when he got out of prison and his probation officer came and picked him up and sent him back to prison because he said that catching chickens was not a job. He had to go back in as a probation revocation and I believe he had to...
11/21/2007 | Category: Criminal » Expungement ... | State: North Carolina | #12692Am I legally required to rent to tenants who have pending criminal charges?
In doing a background check on a potential tenant, I discovered two of the four students have been charged with felony embezzlement with a court date of March 2008. What is the threshold for the felony to be labled as a felony instead of a misdemeanor and what is felony embezzlement?
11/21/2007 | Category: Criminal | State: North Carolina | #12684What constitutes being called a pedophile?
I have 3 questions: 1-If a man has consensual sex with an 18 year old girl, is he considered a pedophile? 2-If a man talks with a 16 year old girl about his affair with the 18 year old girl and goes into details but never requests or has sex with her, can he be considered a pedophile? 3-If the 16 year old girl says the man asked her to have sex with her and tried to k...
11/21/2007 | Category: Courts » Legal Defini... | State: Colorado | #12669When the lease is month-to-month what is the correct notice to terminate the lease?
Our lease expired on 8/1/07. My understanding is of New York state law is that after 8/1/08, we would be month-to-month. We would then only be required to give thirty days notice. I sent the landlord formal notice on 9/1/07 that we would be moving out by October 1st. He has sent us a notice saying he would not return the security deposit because we failed to give 45 days not...
11/21/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Lease Termin... | State: New York | #12668What legal right does a landlord need to file an Affidavit of Summons of Dispossessory?
We received a call from our landlords on Nov. 14, 2007 stating that if we did not pay 2/3rds of our November [2007] rent by December 1, 2007 we should be prepared to leave the rental property on December 1, 2007. Our response was that we are working on that. On November 19, 2007 we received another call from our landlords stating that if we did not pay all of November's [200...
11/21/2007 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Residential ... | State: Georgia | #12664Do you have to sign the speeding ticket when asked by an officer? If you do not, what should be the results?
Do you have to sign the speeding ticket when asked by an officer? If you do not, what should be the results?
11/21/2007 | Category: Drivers License | State: Utah | #12661How long do I have to get out of my home that was foreclosed on?
I hired a foreclosure specialist to help me get out of this and sell the home before it was foreclosed. He did not do this and it was auctioned off without my knowledge. Now he will not talk to me and says there was nothing he could do. I wasted my time with him. How long do I have to get out now that it has been foreclosed on? He says the bank has to file a creed? I don't kno...
11/21/2007 | Category: Real Property » Foreclosure | State: New York | #12656When you get stopped for speeding do you have the right to see the police radar?
When you get stopped for speeding do you have the right to see the police radar? If so when does the officer have to show you?
11/21/2007 | Category: Civil Rights | State: Utah | #12655What is the dollar amount associated with grand larceny versus petty larceny?
What is dollar value associated with the definition of grand larceny, vice petty or petit larceny in the State of Missouri?
11/21/2007 | Category: Criminal | State: Missouri | #12653Consequences of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor
Is contributing to the delinquency of a minor a felony or a misdemeanor?
11/21/2007 | Category: Criminal | State: Arkansas | #12647