EVERY DEADLINE

From

The crash

Whose

The driver

When anyone is killed or injured, or property of any one person is damaged by more than $1,000, the driver reports the accident in writing to the commissioner of motor vehicles within ten days.

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The date the warrant was issued

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The officers

A search warrant is executed not more than ten days after the date it was issued, and then returned to the court without unnecessary delay.

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The arraignment

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The Department of Motor Vehicles

The driver is entitled to a hearing, and if the department does not provide one within fifteen days after the arraignment, the license is reinstated until the hearing.

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The landlord's written notice of the inspection

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The landlord

An inspection the tenant asks for happens no earlier than two weeks and no later than one week before the tenancy ends, on at least forty eight hours written notice, and the tenant then gets an itemized statement of proposed deductions and the chance to fix them.

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The transaction, or the seller telling the buyer of the right to cancel

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The buyer

The buyer may cancel any time before midnight of the third business day after the transaction, and until the seller has told the buyer of the right, the period does not begin to run.

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The agency receiving a written request

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The agency

Within five business days the agency makes the record available, denies the request in writing, or acknowledges it in writing with an approximate date, reasonable under the circumstances, when it will be granted or denied.

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The complaint

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The court

The judge holds a hearing within five days, on at least two days' written notice to the owner, and the complainant has to prove the dog dangerous by clear and convincing evidence.

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The rent due date

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The landlord

A landlord may charge a fee for late rent only when the rent has not been paid within five days of its due date, and the fee may not exceed fifty dollars or five percent of the monthly rent, whichever is less.

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The end of the week the wages were earned

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The employer

A manual worker is paid weekly, and within seven calendar days after the end of the week the wages were earned.

From

The right to disable the vehicle arising

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The creditor

A creditor may not remotely disable a vehicle to repossess it without first sending written notice by registered or certified mail, postmarked at least ten days before the right to disable it arises.

From

The appeal

Whose

The head or governing body of the entity

Within ten business days of the appeal, the head or governing body either explains the further denial in writing or provides the record.

From

The cancellation

Whose

The seller

After a cancellation, under the notice the section prescribes, payments, trade ins and any note signed come back within 10 business days.

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Starting work

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The employer

An employee not given the required written notice of pay rate and payday within ten business days of starting can recover fifty dollars for each work day the violation continues, up to $5,000, with costs and attorney's fees.

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The officer's written notice

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The sheriff, marshal or constable

The officer gives at least fourteen days' written notice, carries out the warrant only on a business day between sunrise and sunset, and checks first for companion animals.

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The tenant moving out

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The landlord

The landlord gives the tenant an itemized statement of the basis for any amount kept, and returns the rest, within fourteen days.

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Service of the demand

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The tenant

A case for unpaid rent needs a written demand served with at least fourteen days' notice, requiring either the rent or possession.

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The acknowledgement

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The agency

If a granted request cannot be filled within twenty business days of the acknowledgement, the agency says why in writing and gives a date certain.

From

The notice of cancellation

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The seller

The buyer makes the goods available at home in substantially as good condition, and if the seller does not pick them up within twenty days of the notice, the buyer may keep or dispose of them.

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Delivery of the goods

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The buyer

If the sale does not conspicuously disclose the seller's refund policy, the buyer can return the goods within twenty days of delivery for a full cash refund or credit.

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The tenant's notice

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The tenant

Within twenty five days the tenant provides documentation, which may be an order of protection, a police record, a health care record, or a written verification from a qualified third party.

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The denial

Whose

The requester

A person denied access may appeal in writing within thirty days to the head or governing body of the entity.

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Delivery of the tenant's notice

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The tenant

The end date is no earlier than thirty days after the notice is delivered, and a notice sent first class is treated as delivered five days after mailing.

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The next rent payment's due date

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The tenant

A tenant who is sixty two or older, or has a disability, and qualifies under the section ends the lease by written notice no earlier than thirty days after the next rent payment falls due.

From

The increase taking effect or the lease ending

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The landlord

For a tenant in the home under one year, with no lease of at least one year, the notice is at least 30 days; without timely notice the tenancy continues on its existing terms until the notice period has run.

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The judgment for the landlord

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The tenant

A case over a breach of the lease gets a thirty day stay of the warrant to correct the breach.

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The increase taking effect or the lease ending

Whose

The landlord

For a tenant in the home more than one year but under two, or with a lease of one to two years, the notice is at least 60 days.

From

The increase taking effect or the lease ending

Whose

The landlord

For a tenant in the home more than two years, or with a lease of at least two years, the notice is at least 90 days.

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The relationship breaking down irretrievably

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The spouse filing

A divorce may be granted when the relationship has broken down irretrievably for at least six months and one spouse says so under oath.

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The court's stay

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The court

On the occupant's good faith application the court may stay the warrant for not more than one year, where similar housing cannot be found or there would be extreme hardship, and the stay holds only while the rent for its length is deposited in court.

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The tenant's good faith complaint or action

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The landlord

When the landlord served a notice to quit, started a case or tried to substantially change the tenancy within one year after a good faith complaint or action, retaliation is presumed, and the landlord has to show a motive that was not retaliatory.

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Delivery of the new car

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The consumer

A new car that does not conform to its express warranties within the first 18,000 miles or two years from delivery, reported in that period, is corrected by the manufacturer or dealer at no charge, even when the repair is made after the period ends.

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Release from incarceration, or sentence if there was none

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The courts, without an application

A misdemeanor conviction is sealed once at least three years have passed.

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Release from incarceration, or sentence if there was none

Whose

The courts, without an application

A felony conviction is sealed once at least eight years have passed.

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Sentence on the latest conviction, or the latest release from incarceration

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The person convicted

A person convicted of up to two eligible offenses, no more than one of them a felony, may apply to the court to seal them once at least ten years have passed.

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Service of the notice of claim

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The person injured

An action against a city, county, town or village for personal injury needs at least thirty days to have passed after the notice was served without the claim being adjusted or paid.

From

The claim arising

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The person injured

Where a notice of claim is required before suing a public corporation or its officers or employees in tort, it is served within ninety days after the claim arises.