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Tennessee, a-1 zone - can I rent out on Airbnb?
It's not impossible. Here are the regulations. Single- and two-family dwellings are legal, as are mobile homes. But the activity is not necessarily allowed (since you aren't residing there). "...
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In the US, who has right of way at non intersecting roads turning into a main road?
The car on Road C has right of way. They are not obligated to look for you, you are obligated at B to only proceed if it is clear, and if the car at C goes it is no longer clear.
Who arrives first ...
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Legal recourse if fellow patient recorded and distributed group therapy session
What legal recourse does A have, if any?
It mostly depends on whether person A had a reasonable expectation of privacy. The fact that the session was a group therapy suggests that such expectation is ...
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How is polygamy legally practiced in the United States of America
A person A who knows that he or she is lawfully married (to B), but conceals this and deceives a third person (C) into thinking that A is not married, and thus induces C to go through the form of ...
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Can I sue the government because a minor on probation committed homicide?
State governments (and state courts, employees, etc., as part of that government) are generally immune from lawsuits for all liability. See Governmental Tort Liability : 2017 Tennessee Code : Justia.
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Can a franchise owner avoid paying overtime by splitting employees between locations?
I believe that under federal law, the franchise owner cannot avoid overtime in this way.
A similar case was considered by the Labor Department in 2005 (FLSA2005-17NA):
This is in response to your ...
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Is it illegal for a business to ask for proof that an animal is a service animal?
No, you cannot ask for proof/documentation. According to the U.S. Department of Justice:
In situations where it is not obvious that the dog is a service animal, staff may ask only two specific ...
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I had work done on my dentures, but they did not tell me the work was not coved by my insurance
You are responsible for the charges. Dentists, doctors, etc. will file the charges with your insurance for you, but the insurance company decides what they will pay. The dentist would have no idea ...
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What are my rights as an apartment tenant if I have no active lease agreement, in terms of rent amount and move out procedure?
There are two distinct questions here.
One is what happens when a lease expires and you don't vacate and the landlord doesn't try to evict you. Generally, in the absence of holdover tenant provisions ...
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Is it legal for a school to keep property confiscated from students?
By itself, it is not legal to keep it from you...
Property ownership doesn't work that way. Your neighbor doesn't get to keep your car, if your teenage kid parks it in their driveway and your kids ...
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Can a parent take things an adult son/daughter owns or was given while the live with the parents?
As already noted in the comments by nick012000 and bdb484, first, the fact that the parents are the landlords of the adult child as such gives them no right to the property of the child.
One could try ...
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Resubmitting proof of income
Yes.
If the lease has no right to renew in it, the landlord can insist on anything prior to signing a new lease and is under no obligation to renew it at all.
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Is it legal for a county employee in the the U.S. state of Tennessee to use official department social media accounts to post political messages?
If we assume that the Hatch act applies to the county employee, the question becomes whether it applies to the conduct in question. It does not.
The Hatch act primarily concerns participation in ...
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Is there a law requiring a landlord to respond to rental agencies request for information in regards to previous tenants?
Is there a law requiring a landlord to respond to rental agencies
request for information in regards to previous tenants?
No. There is no such law.
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Pawnshop in TN transfered my pawned firearm without my prior consent
A financial institution (including a pawnbroker) cannot unilaterally change the terms of an agreement and obeying the law. This section in particular limits the interest rate to 2% per month. It would ...
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Driving with a revoked license
Tennessee Code 55-50-301 (a) (1):
No person, except those expressly exempted in this section, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has a valid driver license ...
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Do I have recourse against my employer for broadcasting my suspension to coworkers?
No. Absent some collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, you have no recourse because you have not been legally wronged. You have no right to privacy in this regard. You have no right to be ...
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Buying a property, neighbor across the st is using the property's address
what actions do I need to take to reclaim my address?
Make the address really yours (buy the property). Use your current address for all correspondence.
Setup mailbox with address prominently written ...
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INTERROG/REQ FOR PROD
No, you are not obligated to provide the requested information.
You're out of trial court and into the court of appeals, where the civil discovery rules have basically no effect.
If the case gets ...
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INTERROG/REQ FOR PROD
There's nothing private about what you listed in #1; that's all publicly available information.
You can try to file an objection on the grounds of relevancy or proportionality, though we don't know ...
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Can you call the police over fraud in Tennessee?
Yes. The First Amendment protects your right to call the government to complain about your grievances, regardless of whether they can or will resolve them.
As a practical matter, I would be surprised ...
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What sort of framework am I looking for seeking a quick execution?
The charges you discuss would almost surely be brought in federal court, rather than in state court. This would probably mean a trial in one of the U.S. District Courts in Tennessee while being held ...
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Can my HOA approve of only certain vendors for fence installation?
Generally speaking yes, an HOA can do this, unless there is some Tennessee specific statute that provides otherwise of which I am not aware.
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Is it legal to contact someone whose name you got from a police report?
The First Amendment protects your right to free speech. There is no exception for speech directed at people whose names the speaker finds in a police report.
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Where to get a notarized document certified in Nashville, TN?
Look at the seal the notary affixes to your document and see what county it says, or ask the notary when they do it. Look up the clerk of that county and take the notarized document to their office ...
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Does Tennessee HB9/SB3 make it illegal to wear drag in a non-sexual show in Tennessee?
So, going over of a read of the bill, specifically the definitions in the overview. The bill specifically bans "adult cabaret entertainment" which it defines as:
adult-oriented ...
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Tennessee abortion law. Exceptions…
There is no "exception" under Tennessee law, but there is an affirmative defense, §39-15-216(e)
(1) Subject to compliance with subdivision (e)(2), it is an
affirmative defense to criminal ...
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Can a LLC that was created end of year claim whole year?
You will not find a place to enter the date of LLC filing on Schedule C (or appropriate business tax form). What you will find are fields to enter valid business expenses for the year. Whether or ...
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Buying a property, neighbor across the st is using the property's address
I don't think that there is any need to "reclaim" the address.
That second address would no longer be needed or used for anything. This really just seems like an issue with USPS.
Also, ...
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