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…
New Mexico’s Interstate Stream Commission measured 112.4 miles of the Rio Grande sitting dry between the Cochiti and Elephant Butte reservoirs this summer. It was the driest stretch the agency has recorded since at least 2007. New Mexico’s acequias felt it first. When there isn’t enough water to go around, state law and centuries of…
A gardener in Nampa checks the ditch bank one more time before dark, watching the water run lower than it did that morning. It won’t run much longer. The Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District closes its canals for the season within the first week of October. That lands right as the first hard freeze warnings…
Think you can walk into any small Iowa business whenever the mood strikes you? That’s not the case at more than 40 Iowa livestock markets, which keep to one fixed sale day a week. They aren’t the only ones. These are the small-town Iowa businesses that only open certain days now. 1. Oxford Sale Barn…
Under Ohio’s oil and gas valuation law, a county auditor can raise a property’s assessed value years after the sale closes. Nobody has to tell you that at closing. The reason can trace back to something happening far below the property line, long after the paperwork is done. These are the mineral rights surprises that…
Florida Realtors warned property owners in July that criminals are now using artificial intelligence to forge signatures, deeds, and entire closing files. A title search won’t catch it. These are the things a Florida title search won’t catch before closing. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Property laws and required timelines are subject…
A South Dakota rancher can fence straight across a public section line and stay within the law, as long as they handle one small detail right. Skipping it is a misdemeanor. It’s one entry in a long list of rules that decide exactly who’s allowed on that ground, and when. These are the section line…
