President Donald Trump gave his official backing to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s criminal justice overhaul efforts, giving Iowa’s senior senator hope his years-long quest to change the nation’s sentencing system might become a reality. Continue reading “Sen. Chuck Grassley’s criminal justice overhaul law wins President Trump’s support”
The Commission’s latest guidance states that e-signatures are to be regarded as equivalent to handwritten ones. Continue reading “The Law Commission: E-Signatures Are Equal To Handwritten Ones”
In ancient common law, when wives were considered the property of their husbands, a jilted man could sue any man who deliberately broke up his marriage and stole away his wife. Continue reading “Ancient marriage break-up law on the books in this state”
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South Dakota Landlord Rights – Many people turn to rental property as an extra source of income, but there are some precautions they should take. Continue reading “South Dakota Landlord Rights”
The Iowa DOT (Department of Transportation) issued thousands of speeding tickets to drivers even though it lacked the authority to do so before a legislative fix was adopted last year, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday. Continue reading “Iowa DOT wrongly issues thousands of traffic tickets”
South Dakota doesn’t have a state law regulating law enforcement pursuits of suspected criminals and their ins’t a law regarding the video cameras officers use in government vehicles and on their body. Continue reading “No Laws In SD For Law Enforcement Transperency”
A 27-year-old judicial error in the South Dakota court system, if practically speaking an abstraction, surfaced again last week in an opinion from the state Supreme Court. Continue reading “Judicial Error – Man waits 27 years to be re-sentenced”
Despite strong public support and mounting empirical evidence in its favor as an ideal living arrangement for the majority of children of divorce, shared parenting as presumption in family law has historically been met with skepticism among some legal and mental health professionals. Continue reading “Countering Arguments Against Shared Parenting in Family Law”
Voters in six states soon will face a ballot initiative that for some seems like a no-brainer — whether to grant crime victims certain rights under the state constitution, such as the right to be treated with fairness, the right to confer with the prosecution and the right to attend key court proceedings. Continue reading “Marsy’s Law: Iowa Lawmakers Will Be Pressed Again Next Year”
“The condition of this space is unacceptable.”
“I am not paying rent until you come and repair this leaking roof, the HVAC system, the plumbing, etc.”
“The smell or the noise is unbearable – you have to do something about this.”
Concerns like these frequently arise between landlords and tenants. Continue reading “A Guide to Landlord-Tenant Disputes”