Do you assume a Montana river comes with the land you just bought along it? It doesn’t. These are the stream access rules that surprise new Montana landowners. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Stream access rules and how they’re enforced are subject to change, so confirm the current details with Montana Fish,…
A beachfront lot in South Carolina can be perfectly legal to build on today and off-limits in a decade, without the owner changing a single thing. South Carolina’s coastal regulators redraw the lines that govern beachfront construction on a set schedule, and those lines decide who can rebuild, who can expand and who loses the…
Your inspection sticker can sit expired for months before a Virginia officer is allowed to pull you over for it. Grace period or not, your car still has to pass once it’s sitting in the inspection bay. These are the things a Virginia safety inspection checks before your car passes. Note: This is general information,…
This past July, Ohio’s Supreme Court ruled on a fight over one ditch, with two counties and a homeowners association pointing fingers at each other over a $3.2 million repair bill. Nobody agreed on who should pay. These are the drainage rules that put Ohio neighbors against each other. Note: This is general information, not…
Oregon widened its consumer privacy law last year to cover the data automakers pull from a car’s sensors, under House Bill 3875. A newer car’s onboard systems often start logging the moment you turn the key, long before anyone reads a privacy policy. These are the things an Oregonian’s high-tech car often records without asking….
Colorado’s Office of the State Architect confirms there’s no single, statewide building code. So, for example, whether a deck needs a permit depends on which city or county line it sits within. Many places still lean on the same baseline: Skip the permit only if the deck stays under 200 square feet and 30 inches…
More than 13,000 illegal-dumping complaints land with Baltimore City’s 311 line every year, according to The Baltimore Banner. The crackdown that followed has put more surveillance cameras on Baltimore’s dead-end streets, alleyways, and industrial parks than many residents realize. A free find can become a felony. These are the items Baltimore residents should never take…
Florida’s Department of Health said there were more than 500 unintentional drowning deaths in 2023. The state ranks fifth-worst in the nation for it. A backyard pool can be perfectly legal. What often isn’t legal is the safety barrier nobody finished. These are the pool rules Florida homeowners break without realizing it. Note: This is…
A loaded grain truck rumbles off a gravel section-line road and onto Highway 30 outside Marshalltown, carrying more weight than Iowa’s normal semi-truck limit allows. Nobody pulls it over. Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office lifted Iowa’s usual overweight-road permit rule for corn and soybean hauls when this year’s harvest opened, an exception that runs out October…
North Carolina has about 15.5 million acres of privately owned forest land, according to the state’s Forest Service. That’s a lot of tree lines, fence rows, and hunting leases where a landowner can run into someone who has no business being there. Reaching for a gun rarely helps. These are the things North Carolinians can’t…
