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What if a spacecraft lands on my property?
You have to give them back
You don’t own other peoples stuff just because it’s on your property.
However, you may be entitled to salvage rights - that is, payment for recovery of the vessel.
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Is it illegal to warm up your car?
Yes. This is illegal in Washington State (the link is from November 9, 2020).
The law means what it says, with one subtle caveat, which is that this law applies only on a public road, and not on your ...
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Can I get reimbursed if police shot the window of my car during a standoff?
There is no legal obligation of the police or any of its officers to reimburse you. It comes within a police powers exception to the 5th Amendment obligation to provide compensation for takings. ...
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What is the difference between obtaining title to a car and registering a car?
The short answer:
The title is, more or less, a record of who "owns" the vehicle. It's you if you own it free and clear, the dealer if you're leasing it, and it depends what state you're in ...
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Who is responsible if a customer does not specify location to taxi driver?
It could be the passenger's problem or the taxi's problem
When these sorts of breakdowns in communications happen in specifying contract terms then either or both parties can be at fault.
If the ...
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Can I get reimbursed if police shot the window of my car during a standoff?
I highly recommend having a quick chat with your auto insurance agent. The insurance company has seen almost every situation you can imagine - and many you couldn't - and tend to be experts in ...
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Is it illegal to warm up your car?
austria
In Austria, it is explicitly forbidden for environmental reasons. § 102 Abs 4 KFG says:
Der Lenker darf mit dem von ihm gelenkten Kraftfahrzeug [...] nicht ungebührlichen Lärm, ferner nicht ...
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Can an airline forcibly remove a senior citizen who is wearing a soiled adult diaper?
It depends on what the Contract of Carriage says. Delta Airlines, for US contracts, says under rule 7 that
Delta may refuse to transport any passenger, and may remove any passenger from its aircraft
...
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Would "Stop a Douchebag" be legal in the US? Why is it legal in Russia?
It is definitely illegal in Russia as well, but the police will do nothing.
Previous activity of this group included forcefully attacking people who tried to speak to a girl who disliked it and ...
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What is the difference between obtaining title to a car and registering a car?
It is easier to explain this by describing the entire process than by defining the terms in a vacuum.
Title To Vehicles
There is a law in every state requiring cars on or adjacent to public roads to ...
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Does one need to pay sales tax for the vehicle?
If the situation described is accurate, then maybe
First, let's deal with the implicit assumption that sales tax is not payable on gifts. Whether that is true or not depends on the law in your ...
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Renting a vehicle and grand theft auto
united-states
In Colorado, the relevant statute states:
(1) A person commits theft when he or she knowingly . . . retains,
or exercises control over anything of value of another without
authorization ...
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On what type of area, land or territory can you abandon your vehicle in California without providing a right to anyone to get your vehicle towed?
None.
Putting something on a piece of land long term and prohibiting anyone to move it is effectively occupying that piece of land.
You only can occupy land that you either have legal rights to, or ...
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Does a voluntary release form with two signers which uses the wording of I instead of we release one if they do not sign?
There is no significance to using the words "I" or "we", nor does it matter that you didn't sign the surrender paper (after al, you did not have possession of the vehicle and it is ...
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Can police tow my car out of my driveway?
Illinois law has provisions for the seizure of "dilapidated" and "inoperable" vehicles if they are "in view of the public" according to 55 ILCS 5/5–12002.1.
In many cases such laws have been found to ...
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My landlord's dog damaged my car. Who pays for the damages?
In Fiji, The Dogs Act 1971 section 9 states:
The owner of every dog shall be liable in damages for any unprovoked
injury done by his dog and it shall not be necessary for the party
seeking ...
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Is employer responsible for tree damage to car parked in their lot (New Jersey, USA)?
Probably not
In order to establish negligence as a Cause of Action under the tort of negligence, a plaintiff must prove that the defendant:
had a duty to the plaintiff,
breached that duty by ...
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Does the Good Samaritan law make it legal for a third party driver to interfere with a road rage event while it is happening?
No. Self-defence law does
The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people ...
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Is it illegal to warm up your car?
The answer is, it depends on where you are parked.
The RCW you cited is clear on the requirements for leaving an unattended car running on public property.
However, on private property it is legal.
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A motorcycle hit my car. He was speeding, I made a left turn on a double continuous line. Who is liable for what?
The Ct. driver's manual p. 44 says that "Solid yellow lines may be crossed to make a left turn to or from an alley, private road, driveway, or street", and also "A double solid white line prohibits ...
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In Washington State, how much of a car can be replaced before it's legally not the same car?
The legal line has to do with title requirements for vehicles. There is no specific law that requires you to do anything in connection with the VIN when replacing parts, and you can swap VIN plates on ...
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What happens when there's not enough evidence in a trial?
united-states
Procedures differ on such things. The closest I know of to an outcome of "not enough evidence" is the classic "scotch verdict" of "Not Proven.
In the US, the prosecutor can wait to ...
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What if a spacecraft lands on my property?
Let's consider a more mundane but analogous situation. A car is driving on a road with items tied to the roof. One of these flies off and winds up on private property. The item remains the property of ...
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Criminal? Vehicle stolen by family member
Apart from hiring an attorney (who will, based on the specifics that you tell him, have a better recommendation), you can appeal to the district attorney, the mayor, a higher officer in the chain of ...
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Under what circumstances is it OK to intentionally drive at people?
Your question convolutes a number of different circumstances and legal questions.
When is a person justified in using deadly force against a driver? When the person can convince a prosecutor, judge, ...
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Must you change state of residence if you rent an apartment in another state?
All new residents with out-of-state non-commercial driver's licenses must obtain a PA Driver's License within 60 days of establishing Pennsylvania residency.
All new residents are required to make ...
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