Walk It Through: The Lot, The Strip, And The Dog
A rent notice in a manufactured home park, a neighbor's fenced strip, and a dog that menaces and then bites.
A homeowner renting a lot in a manufactured home park gets a notice that rent goes up next month.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One park, one strip and one dog. Park closures and conversions, a written deed claim, a civil suit for the bite and how a county hears a dangerous dog finding are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Adverse possessionA claim to land that is not established unless the land has been occupied and claimed continuously for 5 years and every tax levied on it for that period paid. Without a deed or other written instrument, the land counts as possessed only if it was enclosed or usually cultivated or improved.
- Certificate of titleThe document the seller and the buyer both sign, in writing or electronically, with the buyer's residence address, when a Nevada vehicle changes hands.
- Age of majority18, at which a person under no legal disability can enter into any contract and is considered of lawful age, as is a person declared emancipated.
- Change in the use of the landOne of the grounds on which a manufactured home park landlord may end a lot tenancy, on written notice served 180 days in advance.