All guides — page 7
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City Hall & Public Services
Special Assessments and Local Improvement Districts
Special assessments pay for local improvements by charging the properties that benefit. The legal test is a special benefit, apportioned in proportion to the charge.
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City Hall & Public Services
Street Vending Licenses and Sidewalk Use Permits
Selling on a public sidewalk normally requires a vending license, compliance with distance and clear-path rules, and separate health approval for anything edible.
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City Hall & Public Services
Trash, Recycling, and Bulk Pickup Violations
Set-out times, container standards, recycling contamination, and bulk item rules are all local. Enforcement usually begins with a notice and escalates to penalties and liens.
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City Hall & Public Services
Water and Sewer Bills, Liens, and Shutoffs
Water and sewer service is typically tied to the property rather than the person, which is why unpaid charges become liens and why shutoff rules differ from other utilities.
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Veterans & Military Families
Appealing a VA Decision Through the Three Review Lanes
After an unfavorable VA decision you choose among three review lanes. Each accepts different evidence and produces a different kind of second look at your file.
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Veterans & Military Families
Discharge Upgrades and Correcting Military Records
A discharge characterization or a wrong entry in a service record can be changed by application to a military board. Which board depends mainly on how long ago you separated.
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Veterans & Military Families
Military Divorce: Jurisdiction, Pensions, and the Frozen Benefit Rule
A state court divides a military pension under federal permission, not federal command. Jurisdiction, the ten-year rule, and the frozen benefit rule each do a different job.
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Veterans & Military Families
Military Housing Allowances and Landlord Disputes
A basic allowance for housing belongs to the servicemember and does not make the military a party to the lease. What actually governs is the lease, federal exit rights, and state law.
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Veterans & Military Families
Survivor Benefits and the Death Gratuity
Survivors of a servicemember or veteran may be entitled under several distinct programs at once. Each has its own eligibility test, its own claim, and its own agency.
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Veterans & Military Families
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Interest Caps and Stays
The SCRA caps interest on debts taken on before service, pauses civil proceedings, and lets a servicemember out of leases and phone contracts on qualifying orders.
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Veterans & Military Families
The VA Disability Claim: Evidence, Exams, and Ratings
A VA disability claim turns on three linked showings, an examination, and a rating assigned under a diagnostic code. Here is how each part works and what you control.
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Veterans & Military Families
USERRA: Reemployment Rights After Military Service
USERRA requires most employers to take a returning servicemember back promptly, in the position seniority would have reached, if notice and reporting rules were met.