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I fancy myself an amateur lawyer. Can I represent someone in court, in the state of Maryland?
If you are not a member of the Bar of Maryland, you may not "practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice law in the State unless admitted to the Bar." Maryland Business Occupations ...
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Does the sixth amendment entitle me to know who called the county on me for a code violation?
It depends on whether you were cited for the violation and the nature of the violation.
Contrary to the other answers here, building-code violations in Maryland can, in fact, be criminal offenses, ...
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Does the sixth amendment entitle me to know who called the county on me for a code violation?
The Sixth Amendment states that "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy... the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him". You are not being criminally prosecuted, ...
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What can I do if neighbor is blocking my solar panels intentionally?
Maryland has no law requiring a neighbor to not plant / trim trees that might shade a solar panel (on the ground or on the roof). There are laws against deeds, declarations, covenants, contracts etc. (...
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City Charging Sewage For Outside Water Use i.e Sprinklers, Garden Hose, etc
As there are commonly no meters on sewer outlets, if sewer charges are to be based on usage, they must be based on water usage. This is a very common practice, I have encountered it in several ...
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What is the limit to my entering an unlocked home of a stranger to render aid without explicit permission
What you are describing seems to raise the defense of necessity. I cannot pinpoint the line for you or tell you whether any particular action would lie on one side or the other, but I can describe the ...
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What is the limit to my entering an unlocked home of a stranger to render aid without explicit permission
I think that this type of question often misses the point. You are asking whether a certain act committed with a certain intention is legal, but no one can verify your intention, and there might be ...
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City Charging Sewage For Outside Water Use i.e Sprinklers, Garden Hose, etc
The city won't charge you if you install a separate meter that measures water use for irrigation purposes, aka a 'yard meter'. WSSC Water (company handling water supply for Mongtomery County, MD) has ...
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What can I do if neighbor is blocking my solar panels intentionally?
I am not a lawyer. I do not fully know of the current case law or climate of this type of law in Maryland. The cause of action you are looking for is private nuisance.
“Section 821D of the ...
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Is non-consented video recording admissable evidence in a civil trial in Maryland?
Short Answer
Is non-consented video recording admissable evidence in a civil trial
in Maryland?
Yes.
Long Answer
I am assuming t hat the person who took the video was not a law enforcement officer ...
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Does the sixth amendment entitle me to know who called the county on me for a code violation?
Is my accuser the person who petitioned the county to investigate a code violation?
No. The Sixth Amendment provides the right to know the name of anyone who is asserting to have personal knowledge ...
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Would it be legal for a business to provide only unisex multi person restrooms for use?
usa
No.
U.S. Federal Regulations
An employer having only unisex, multi-person restrooms is a violation of OSHA regulations. Sex-specific restrooms are required, at least for the employees, unless the ...
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Living Above a Restaurant
Let us assume you want to open a restaurant in Baltimore, in a C4 location. The zoning table Table 10-301 indicates that you can open a restaurant there. While you cannot generally establish a ...
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Would it be legal for a business to provide only unisex multi person restrooms for use?
canada
Gender-inclusive multi-person restroom facilities are allowed universally in Canada. I cannot prove a negative (i.e. demonstrating that there does not exist any prohibition on this kind of ...
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Would it be legal for a business to provide only unisex multi person restrooms for use?
California passed a relevant law, SB 1194
Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 401.0) of the
California Plumbing Code (Part 5 of Title 24 of the California Code of
Regulations), a city, ...
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I'm being defamed on Facebook. Do I have a legal case?
So Maryland is a Defimation Per Se state, and lists accusations of moral turpitude, criminal conduct, or fraud. I would say on the second statement about offering support ot Hamas and/or Hezbollah, ...
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Fully Executed Lease with "typo"
If a contract does not say what one of the parties wishes it would say, before signing it they should renegotiate the lease. Once the parties have an agreement as witnessed by signatures, a party ...
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City Charging Sewage For Outside Water Use i.e Sprinklers, Garden Hose, etc
As others have noted, the problem is metering, or rather, lack thereof. This can actually come up in two ways:
Water usage that does not count as sewer usage
This is the initial question. It affects ...
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What can I do to stop a 15% to 40% apartment rent increase?
Under Montgomery County Bill 30-21
A landlord must not increase a tenant’s rent to an amount that exceeds
the voluntary rent guidelines under Section 29-53...
but with the further provision that the ...
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Do I need to register for Foreign Qualification in my situation?
A corporation that is incorporated in Delaware is a foreign corporation in Maryland and not Delaware. Since it sounds from the question that this corporation regularly conducts business in Maryland ("...
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Is it legal to flee the scene of an accident to get help?
Taking the stated facts at face value (i.e. you can prove them in court).
Md. TRANSPORTATION Code Ann. § 20-102
§ 20-102. Driver to remain at scene -- Accidents resulting in bodily injury or death
(a)...
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Does the sixth amendment entitle me to know who called the county on me for a code violation?
The Sixth Amendment does not help you, but your state's Public Records law might. This is the law for Washington state. Under that state law, government records are public, with certain exceptions. So ...
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How can a plaintiff dismiss their case in Maryland?
Voluntary Dismissal of a case in Maryland follows the Maryland Revise Civil Procedure District Court Rule 3-506 - Voluntary Dismissal:
(a) By Notice of Dismissal or Stipulation. Except as otherwise ...
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Does paying damages waive my right to sue?
There is, in general, a rule that all matters connected with a single transaction or event should be included in a single legal case. Different jurisdictions apply this diffidently, and I haven't yet ...
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Is it illegal to sell tobacco online without a license, and can you grow it on your balcony legally?
No. You may not legally sell tobacco without a license.
Tobacco is subject to excise taxation at the state and federal level and to requirements to verify the age of the customer in every state. You ...
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Can a pro se plaintiff call the defendant as a witness and compel testimony in a civil suit?
Yes, you may call a defendant as a witness and compel the defendant to testify in a civil case.
If you need this testimony to prove your case, you should have the clerk issue a subpoena for trial to ...
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Is it technically legal to take a young child into an opposite sex rest room?
There appears to be no general federal statute addressing the legality of a male entering a female-labeled bathroom, or vice versa, within federal jurisdiction. There are various regulations that ...
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Roommate want to take me to small claims court (Maryland)
You sound like a lot of my dispute resolution clients on their first visit
You seem upset, maybe even angry and you feel that you are being victimised and harassed and that the person you are in ...
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Hospital visitation rights and health-care decision-making authority in Maryland
This is a valid question that comes up from time to time. The answer can be a bit fuzzy and the law on questions 1 and 2 is often not well spelled out. This answer refers only to U.S. legal history ...
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