EVERY DEADLINE

From

The date the notice of traffic infraction was issued

Whose

The driver

The driver admits, denies or explains the infraction by answering the notice, signed and with an address for the court's mail, within this time.

From

The default judgment

Whose

The driver

Where no answer came in time, the court enters a default judgment and mails notice of it, and the total is due within thirty days of that judgment.

From

The postmark on the driver's written answer

Whose

The district court

Where the driver answered with a written statement instead of appearing, the court mails its decision within forty five days.

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The arrest

Whose

The police

It is unlawful to fail, within forty eight hours of an arrest on suspicion of a crime, either to release the person or to charge them and bring them before a qualified magistrate.

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Receiving the notice of administrative revocation

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The driver

The driver may show in writing why the license should not be revoked, and sends that information within three days, by mail, electronic mail or in person.

From

The mailing of the director's review decision

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The driver

Where the review affirms the revocation, the driver has six days to request an administrative hearing to contest it.

From

The notice of administrative revocation, in an alcohol case

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The director

The director reviews every notice automatically and mails a written decision no later than fourteen days after it, or twenty eight days in a drug case.

From

The officer's affidavit reaching the district judge

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The district judge

Where a driver under twenty one refused the breath or blood test, the district judge holds a hearing within twenty days on whether the affidavit is true.

From

The notice of administrative revocation, in an alcohol case

Whose

The director

The license is revoked thirty days after the notice in an alcohol case, or forty four days after in a drug case, or later where a hearing is requested, unless the director rescinds it.

From

The notice of administrative revocation

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The driver

A driver who did not ask in time may regain the hearing by asking the director to schedule one within sixty days of the notice.

From

Before the meeting

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The board

The board posts written notice with an agenda on a state or county electronic calendar, and a meeting whose notice went up later is canceled as a matter of law.

From

The end of each pay period

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The employer

Earned wages are due and payable within seven days after the end of each pay period, unless the director has allowed fifteen.

From

The agency's receipt of the request

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The agency

The agency lets the individual review and copy the personal record, and may take up to twenty more working days only with a written explanation of unusual circumstances.

From

The notice of action being sent

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The applicant

A person denied a civil service position on the basis of a conviction may appeal to the civil service commission or merit appeals board within twenty days.

From

The suspension, discharge or discrimination, or learning of it

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The employee

An employee aggrieved by an unlawful suspension, discharge or discrimination under that part files a written complaint with the department of labor and industrial relations.

From

Service of the arbitration award

Whose

Either party

A party may demand a trial de novo in writing, and where neither does, the award becomes binding on both sides when the period runs out.

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The meeting

Whose

The board

The board posts the minutes on its website or a state or county website, except minutes of an executive meeting kept back while publishing them would defeat its purpose.

From

The consumer invoking the state certified arbitration program

Whose

The arbitrator

A decision resolving the dispute is rendered within forty five days, though one late for unforeseen circumstances is not void.

From

The lieutenant governor signing the notice of change of name

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The petitioner

The petitioner deposits with the lieutenant governor the newspaper's affidavit that the notice was published, with a clipping of it attached.

From

The discharge

Whose

The employee

An employee discharged over jury service may sue for lost wages, up to six weeks of them, and an order of reinstatement, within ninety days.

From

The attorney general's receipt of the written application

Whose

The attorney general

On request, the fingerprints and photographs from an expunged arrest are delivered to the person, unless the person has a record of conviction or is a fugitive.

From

The end of the lemon law rights period

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The consumer

Any action under the lemon law is initiated within one year following the expiration of the lemon law rights period.

From

When the effects of the injury become manifest

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The injured employee

A written claim goes to the director of labor and industrial relations within two years of the effects showing, and in any case within five years of the accident.

From

When the cause of action accrued

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The person defamed

Every action for libel or slander is commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued, and not after.

From

When the cause of action accrued

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The injured person

An action for damage or injury to persons or property is instituted within two years, except as a separate section provides.

From

The violation

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The employee

A civil action for an injunction, actual damages, or both, over retaliation for reporting a violation of law, is brought within two years.

From

When the claim accrues

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The injured person

A tort claim against the State is forever barred unless the action is begun within two years, a medical tort claim aside.

From

The last review

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Either parent

A parent may petition the family court or the child support enforcement agency to review and adjust support not more than once every three years without showing a change in circumstances.

From

When the cause of action accrued

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The creditor or other party

An action to recover a debt on a contract, obligation or liability, and a personal action no other law covers, is commenced within six years.

From

Before the entry

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The landlord

Except in an emergency or where it is impracticable, the landlord gives at least two days notice of the intent to enter and enters only during reasonable hours.

From

The date of the transaction

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The buyer

The buyer may cancel any time before midnight of the third business day after the transaction, using the notice of cancellation or any other written notice.

From

The landlord's receipt of the request

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The landlord

The landlord changes the locks within three days at the tenant's expense, or the tenant may change them and give the landlord a key.

From

Oral or written notice of the repair

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The landlord

For electrical, plumbing and other facilities needed for sanitary and habitable conditions, the landlord commences repairs within three business days.

From

The tenant's written notice of the condition

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The landlord

Where a condition deprives the tenant of a substantial part of the bargain and is not remedied within one week of written notice, the tenant may end the agreement.

From

Written notice from the department of health or another agency

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The landlord

On an agency's written notice of a health or safety violation, the landlord commences repairs within seven calendar days.

From

Before the termination date

Whose

The landlord or the tenant

Either side may end a tenancy shorter than month to month by notifying the other at least ten days before the termination.

From

Receipt of the landlord's written notice

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The tenant

The notice gives a stated time of not less than ten calendar days to pay before the rental agreement ends, and goes to a free mediation center as well.

From

The tenant's receipt of the landlord's written notice

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The tenant

The landlord's notice of material noncompliance allows a stated time of not less than ten days to remedy it before the landlord may end the agreement.

From

The seller's receipt of the cancellation

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The seller

The seller refunds all payments, returns any trade in, and cancels any note the buyer signed, and says whether it will pick up delivered goods.

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The tenant's written notice of the defect

Whose

The landlord

The landlord commences repairs within twelve business days, or the tenant may have the work done and deduct the cost from rent, up to $1,000 or a month's rent.

From

Before the early termination date

Whose

The tenant

The tenant's notice comes at least fourteen days before the date it names, which is no more than one hundred four days after the most recent act of domestic violence.

From

The termination

Whose

The landlord

The landlord returns advance rent for the remaining days and the deposit it may not keep not later than fourteen days after a tenant ends the agreement under the remedies.

From

The end of the rental agreement

Whose

The landlord

The landlord returns the deposit, or what remains of it with written notice and evidence of what was kept, and a landlord who sends no notice in time may keep none of it.

From

The date the temporary restraining order is granted

Whose

The family court

The court holds a hearing on whether the order should continue no later than fifteen days after granting it, or within ninety days where the respondent has not been served.

From

Receipt of the ten day notice

Whose

The landlord

Where mediation is scheduled within the ten days, the landlord files for summary possession only after twenty calendar days, unless the tenant fails to attend or cancels.

From

The buyer's notice of cancellation

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The seller

Where the buyer makes delivered goods available and the seller does not pick them up in time, the buyer may keep or dispose of them with no further obligation.

From

Before the termination date

Whose

The tenant

The tenant gives written notice at least twenty eight days ahead, and owes rent through the twenty eighth day.

From

The sale of the belongings

Whose

The landlord

What a sale of a tenant's abandoned belongings brings, after rent owed and the costs of storage and sale, is held in trust for the tenant and then forfeited to the landlord.

From

The landlord's submission of the screening requests

Whose

The landlord

Any part of an application screening fee not used for the screening costs the section allows goes back to the applicant within this time.

From

Before the termination date

Whose

The landlord

The landlord gives written notice at least forty five days ahead, and the tenant may leave any time within those days on telling the landlord and paying prorated rent.

From

Before the anticipated demolition or termination

Whose

The landlord

A landlord ending a month to month tenancy to demolish, convert to a condominium, or change to transient vacation rentals gives written notice at least one hundred twenty days ahead.

From

The date the temporary restraining order is granted

Whose

The family court

A temporary restraining order lasts at the court's discretion for no more than one hundred eighty days, or until a protective order takes effect.

From

The end of the rental agreement

Whose

The tenant

Every action to recover a deposit the landlord kept in whole or in part is brought in small claims not later than one year after the agreement ends.

From

The application for a permit to acquire

Whose

The chief of police

No permit is issued to an applicant earlier than fourteen calendar days after the application, outside the exceptions the section lists.

From

The date of the decision or determination notice

Whose

The applicant

A person aggrieved by the denial of a license to carry submits a written request for a hearing no later than thirty days after the notice.

From

The date of the decision or determination notice

Whose

The applicant

A person aggrieved by a denial submits a written request for a hearing before the chief of police no later than thirty days after the notice.

From

The date the permit is issued

Whose

The permit holder

A permit to acquire a pistol or revolver is void unless it is used within thirty days after it is issued.

From

The application for a permit to acquire

Whose

The chief of police

The permit is issued, or the application denied, before the fortieth day from the date of application.

From

The date the license is issued

Whose

The licensee

Unless renewed, a concealed or unconcealed license to carry expires four years from the date it was issued.

From

The offense

Whose

The prosecution

A prosecution for a petty misdemeanor or a violation, parking violations included, starts within one year after the offense is committed.

From

The offense

Whose

The prosecution

A prosecution for a misdemeanor starts within two years after the offense is committed, unless the section extends or tolls the period.

From

The offense

Whose

The prosecution

A prosecution for a felony other than the ones the section lists separately starts within three years after the offense is committed.

From

The offense

Whose

The prosecution

A prosecution for a class A felony with a limitation period starts within six years after the offense is committed.