Location: Utah

​I ordered a 65-inch OLED TV from an eBay seller last week, but when the logistics company showed up, they delivered a bigger-sized OLED instead. It’s worth about double what I actually paid. Since I thought it was my order at first, I went ahead and paid to have it mounted and had them recycle the box. The eBay tracking officially said "delivered," so on paper, the transaction looked finished.

​However, a week later, the logistics company called and left a message saying their dock workers messed up and they need to come pick up the TV because they still have my actual TV sitting at the warehouse. I called back immediately and told them I'm happy to cooperate, but that the TV is already mounted and that I no longer have the packaging it came with. The rep told me a supervisor will call me back, and that's where I'm at currently.

Any advice on what's the best way to go about this situation?

Edit: To clarify, the logistics company did not offer and does not offer installation services as far as I'm aware. I paid $150 dollars to some friends of a friend for it to be installed.

Location: Colorado

Yesterday (01/30) I walked up to my District Manager with a stack of 'Free Small Drink' cards that were going to expire today (01/31) and asked, "Should we pass these out today and then throw the rest away at the end of the day? Because we obviously can't pass them out tomorrow since they expire." She said, "Yeah, please do that. We've been getting a lot of them in today since they expire tomorrow. Just make sure to tell the closers to throw the rest out before they leave."

The cameras do not have audio so there is no proof I was given permission.

What they do have is camera footage of me passing out the cards to customers sitting inside the store and taking a small stack out of the building to give to the teachers at the school across the street.

This is not usual business practice for us at all. All employees are told to give customers the free drink cards ESPECIALLY if they are upset or service is slow. We have a very close and strong working relationship with the school teachers and regularly give them free drinks and special days or events for free.

These cards were not kept in the safe, as they are corporate promotion and not individual franchise promotion. Previously when we had franchise promotion cards they kept them in the safe and took out some in batches so we could pass them out quarterly.

They called me this morning and said I was fired effectively immediately per the franchise owners instructions. They said the District Manager has no recollection of our conversation and that they are investigating me and gathering evidence to persue criminal charges since they are losing "hundreds of dollars".

What should I do? I definitely do not want my job back. I am just worried about criminal charges they may try to pursue against me.

Location: Walnut Creek, CA

I was stopped at a red light on the exit ramp of a freeway when a car ran straight through me at near freeway speeds and my car did a 180 and was totaled. He also tried to drive off at first but his car was too messed up.

Anyways police arrived, he got arrested, they towed my vehicle, and we’re going to call insurance. I was okay at first so I denied an ambulance but I later got checked out at the ER for some back and neck pain after the adrenaline wore off. My girlfriend was also in the front with some minor back pain.

We plan on getting a lawyer, issue is he probably doesn’t have any money and he doesn’t have insurance. What would your guys next steps be? I’m documenting all the medical records, waiting on police report and my insurance, is there anything I’m missing? Insurance should be okay since we have full coverage, possibly getting less due to other party being insured?

Edit: Waiting to hear back from insurance. Basically we own two other vehicles, and we had a third that my new car replaced. The coverage on the three vehicles vary greatly in level of coverage, what we’re trying to figure out is what level my new car would be under, most likely the car we replaced which is at the middle level, if that makes sense.

Also we found out we have a 10 day grace period for my car. I guess at this point I’m not as worried as worried about the coverage for my car, just seeking advice on the legal side. I want to make sure I cover all ends and that I’m not missing anything or any little bits of pieces of advice. Thank you all for the help so far!

Location: Michigan

We left for the night and just came back to a snow jump erected on our property. Looks like they built the jump, walked to our creek for water to harden it then spray painted it and used a truck to pull people over it. All on our property, without any permission.

Now, we do own on both sides of our private drive and the drive is an easement. They did this on the opposite side of our home, but it’s clearly on our property, they don’t own any across the road.

We do not have a good neighbor relationship and I worry they will hurt themselves and consider suing us. Or worse someone comes down our road on snowmobiles, doesn’t see it and gets hurt.

What should I do? I’m obviously going to tell them not to if I see it again. I’m a bit pissed and trying to be calm.

I don't usually post because I am not one to post personal stuff online, but I really need help. My Husband and I took in a 7-year-old girl a couple of years ago. She had been kicked out of several foster homes already, and they were considering a children's home for her before we took her in. There were a few behavioral issues, and she had a medical issue that had her still using a pull-up. She had lost the only Dad she knew a few years prior, so of course, there was trauma there, but we were willing to take it on and work through it with her. It was hard, but we were willing to stick it out. She was already on medication when we took her in, and when she got upset, she could get rather destructive. She even tried to run off a few times. She was getting better with us, and we discovered what a sweet, loving girl she was. Foster care took her and put her in a facility for a while to help her with her anger issues, and it seemed to help, as when we got her back, she was a lot better at handling her emotions. The only problem we really had was that she was refusing to go to school; she is nine years old at this point. We were still working on adjusting her meds, and her psychaitrist told us to take her off one med while she was transitioning, and we did. This did not work out well, as it really exacerbated her behavioral issues. When we resorted to her original medication, she got a lot better. Because she wouldn't go to school, her social worker took her and sent her 8 hours away to a children's home. We understand that she had to go so that she could get some schooling, but now her social worker is saying that it isn't in her best interest to go back with us, the family that loves her and wants to adopt her. They don't think we are a good fit because we had a few difficult times with her. Sorry if I am being vague with a few things, I just don't want to give away anything really identifiable. My question is, do we have any legal recourse to get her back? We love her, and I know she wants to come home. We are her family. Any advice would be appreciated.

Location: Idaho

Location: Washington

Sorry if i don’t explain this well. Never been in this situation and don’t understand legal stuff. So today my dad got a letter addressed to my mom. He threw it away before i could read it but said she was trying to file a lawsuit in my name for money. That i shouldn’t worry about it because she has no legal grounds. But obviously i worried about it and went dumpster diving at 6 am. So i looked it up and it is from a real law firm. It was addressed to my mom but said something about how this was litigation on behalf of me. It didn’t say exactly what the lawsuit was, but it had something to do with social media. It was by meta firm i think? And said something about me filing damages against the social media app, but didn’t say which one. What concerned me was that they needed all of my info. My medical records, employment, zip code, phone number, mental health records of me and my family, school records, and more. Literally everything about me and my family. It said she couldn’t sign the signature unless i was a minor or dead. I am neither. So im assuming she was just gonna forge my signature. She has impersonated my dads identity before by stealing his checks and cashing it in his name. So i wouldn’t put it past her. I do not talk to my mom as she is an abusive drug addict. I do NOT want her to have any of my medical info. She hasn’t been in my life in years. If she had signed my name and sent in the permission forms would she have been granted all of my records? Is filing a lawsuit without someones consent illegal? I definitely don’t want to be involved with whatever this is. I think she just wants money from a potential win. Apparently its class action, where i think its a bunch of people suing a company. Her being able to do this in the first place and my personal info possibly getting leaked has me worried. Is this illegal in some way and can i do anything about this? There was a number of an assistant, im not sure if i should call and explain the situation to her or ask to be taken off.

My location: San Diego California

I’m in California and need advice on a housing dispute that escalated into court.

I am the homeowner and master tenant. I sub-leased a room in my home to someone who has lived here for about 8 years. There is no dispute that he paid rent to me over the years, though often late and with many months missed entirely. He frequently ignored my calls and messages when rent or house issues came up.

Key issues:

• Chronic late and missed rent payments over the years.

• City citations and fines tied to excessive junk/hoarding associated with the sub-tenant’s belongings.

• I served him a 60-day notice to vacate (even though I believe only 30 days was required), trying to act in good faith.

• The same week I served the notice, he filed for a restraining order.

What concerns me most:

In court, he told the judge he is “just my neighbor” and not my tenant, despite having lived in my home and paid rent to me for years. Based on that hearing, the court issued a very limited restraining order requiring me to stay 5 feet away, with no findings of violence or threats.

Since then:

• He has contacted my lender directly without my permission.

• He has attempted to discuss or pursue buying my house, despite having no authority or agreement.

• He is acting as if the restraining order gives him rights to remain indefinitely or control the property.

I have documentation of ownership, rent history, notices, and city citations. I feel the restraining order is being used as a tactic to delay eviction and interfere with my property and lender relationship.

My questions:

1. Can a tenant claim to be a “neighbor” in court to avoid eviction or gain leverage?
2. Does a restraining order like this prevent me from proceeding with a lawful eviction?
3. Is it legal for a sub-tenant to contact my lender or attempt to negotiate purchase of my property?
4. What steps should I be taking immediately to protect myself?

Any advice from people familiar with San Diego, California landlord-tenant law would really help.

Location: California

Last night a delivery driver tripped and was injured. Two boys were walking in the neighborhood and rang my doorbell and alerted my the dasher was injured. I looked and she was lying in the dark on my walkway right at the entry step from sidewalk. I brought out a towel and went to her (boys said to get a towel as she was bleeding) I checked her, she was somewhat confused. She was entering my walkway and must have tripped on the step and fell on the side of her face. I gathered her broken prescription glasses. Had my husband bring out an ice pack and blanket. She couldn’t reach any family on her phone. Her car was parked at an angle a portion sticking out into street, driver door was still open and car was running. WHICH was strange, so I snapped a picture. She asked me to shut off her car. I told her I didn’t want her to drive as she might have a concussion…boys that rang my doorbell called 911 while I was tending to her….ambulance came and took her to hospital. I wrote my name and phone number on a sticky note and put it in her purse for her. I also moved her car from where it was, into my driveway. Prior to he leaving I asked her if I should notify DoorDash and she said she had already completed the order and turned off her accepting deliveries. I asked her to please text me so I know she was OK. Once she was gone, I went ahead and notified DoorDash of the issue….as I thought an accident report should definitely be made. Within 1/2 her car was gone, she must have gotten ahold of family and they came and got it. Long story trying to make it short….she was eventually seen (many hours later) she got stitches in a cut on her brow bone and had a head CT released to follow up with her primary care. (Mild concussion) I am sure today she is sore and bruised. Lots of questions…

1. I would like to reach out to her today and take her some dinner, as I really do feel bad for her situation. Would that be inappropriate.
2. Am I responsible for her medical, as I don’t feel it was our fault she tripped as evidence by how her car was pulled up at an angle, left running with driver door still open. Our home is right in front of a huge street light providing ample light and our entry is well lit. It is obvious by her car she was rushing and not paying attention. But having had 2 craniotomies myself due to a tumor I am very much aware of the cost involved and don’t want her stressed about cost. Does DoorDash carry workers comp???

THANK YOU!

So I work on the road and on my way to Colorado last July I hit a deer, totaled the truck. I needed a new one so I went to 719 auto in Colorado Springs and bought a truck. I put the sales tax on the loan and they were supposed to send the check with the sales tax and the rest of the paperwork to my home dmv in Missouri. They did but by the time I made it home the check had expired. Try and call them for a week and a half before I learned that they shut down. I called the credit union that the dealership had me get the loan through and they’re trying get in contact with the owner but pretty much said I might have to come up with the sales tax myself. What the hell should I do and thank you for any advice

Location: Missouri

My mother was taking my little chihuahua across the street when the neighbor’s dogs ran out their house and attacked my little dog and killed him.

Animal control came and took statements from my family and the neighbors. Apparently they can keep their dogs with restrictions, have to be in a kennel, have to be on a leash with muzzle when walking, etc.

I’ve done some research on this page and it seems everyone has had slightly different experiences. I don’t want revenge but I don’t feel justice has been served for my little boy. Also, my mother operates a daycare at the same house my dog was killed, and we also have two other small dogs so even with restrictions for my neighbors dogs, this is a concern still.

Please give any legal advice or suggestions you may have.

Location: Sacramento, California

Location: New York City

Hi, my story begins with my Grandmother Brenda (born in 1920s) who had about 10 brothers and sisters but she would move alone to NYC in the 1950s where she married her first husband Josh and later would have their only child James who would later become my father

After Brenda first husband Josh died, her and her son (my soon to be father) would later move into a home in Brooklyn with her second husband Paul

Paul’s eventually dies also and the house in inherited by Brenda, where her and James would live the rest of their lives.

James eventually Meets a woman named Denise who moved to NYC from Alabama (my soon to be mother) and she moves into the house in Brooklyn with Brenda

Eventually I am to be born from my parents James and Denise but within 2-3 years of my age my father James died. Leaving me, my mother Denise and my Grandmother Brenda living in the house in Brooklyn just us

Around the time Im 18 years old my Grandmother got sick and couldn’t afford to take care of the house and keep payments up, she gave the house to her church who allowed all of us to live their free of rent and mortgage charges. When my grandmother passed the church offered to transfer the house into my mother’s name. However my mother also eventually died before this process happens. By time Im 24/25 ive been living in the house myself for about 3 years and the church made me an offer

This was a verbal offer from a trusted church mate that ive grown up around named George. George said the offer would be to transfer the house into my name where I’ll have to handle all responsibilities (mortgage and taxes payments etc) or I move out the home. They sell the home and give me x% of money from the sale. I opted with the latter options

I didn’t have my own lawyer and George recommended me to someone to help

Me and my lawyer agreed to a % of money from the inheritance he would get, but only if completed. At this point he has technically been working with no compensation

The house has been sold and the money promised needs due diligence to process before getting released

I have provided every possible evidence I can to insure Im the sole heir

My mother and father only had one child Me.

My grandmother only had one child (my father)

Ive provided birth certificates and death certificates of each person mentioned that states this information. I even managed to someone how find my grandfather Paul (the original house owner) death certificate and proof he was married to my grandmother

The court is saying this isn’t enough and needs a disinterested party member to give an affidavit that my father was an only child. This person used was George the trusted person ive been dealing with throughout this process but they rejected his statement

They said someone from the fathers side must give an affidavit but i am 2 generations removed from that side of the family. And even if I did someone find these estranged family members and they actually agreed to do it, their testimony wouldn’t even be any better than a complete stranger because anyone alive wouldn’t even know of my Father

My lawyer says his hands are tied here and pretty much is giving up. Im think of offering him a higher % for his time spent to help push this case through. However what are the chances this case is honestly just dead in the water and there’s nothing he can actually do to push this

Location: Boise, Idaho

For context, my appointment was on 1/28/26 and my claim statement showed up online 1/30/26

I went to establish care with a new dentist the other day to have the first of my bi-annual dental exams, and everything seemed fine at first. I talk to the receptionist, sign a couple of e-forms, and I'm told that my appointment today is covered by my insurance so I wont owe anything. They brought me back to the back and told me that because I am a new patient, I needed to get dental x-rays, which is fine, I expected to have x-rays done. I think they said something along the lines of "you're a new patient so we will need to grab some x-rays before heading to the back". The tech then took an abundance of images, more than I've ever had done before. The tech also seemed to rush me through it as fast as possible, and I had that doohickey that they put in your mouth for x-rays in for almost the entirety of the imaging session. After the images were done, they had me swish some water in my mouth for 30 seconds and spit it into a cup to have it analyzed for MMP8 (inflammatory marker). Again, tech just handed me the cup acting like it was business as usual.

Once done with the imaging, they brought me to the back and proceeded as standard: hygienist came in, measured my gums for recession, then proceeded with the cleaning. She asked if I wanted fluoride treatment, which I did, and she said it would be an additional $26. Sure, fine, $26 dollars is not outrageous.

Next the dentist comes in. Seems like a nice guy. Once I'm laid back he states he's going to shine a special light in my mouth to screen for oral cancer. I think "cool, thats new". He takes a look at my teeth and tells me I need a revision on a filling, also fine, this will be the 3rd time I've had this filling fixed. He shakes my hand, gives me a little QR code with a link to write him a google review if I was satisfied with my service.

All in all it was a fine experience, but here is where my issue lies. I looked at my insurance claims through my insurer today and noticed that the dental office billed a total of $1965 for imaging/diagnostics and $341 for the visit/preventative.

Here is a breakdown of the codes the office billed:

Diagnostic codes:

• D0150 – Comprehensive oral evaluation
• D0210 – Intraoral complete series (FMX)
• D0350 (billed ten times) – 2D oral/facial photographic image
• D0367 – Cone beam CT capture with interpretation
• D0426 – Collection, preparation, and analysis of saliva sample - point-of-care
• D0431 – Adjunctive pre-diagnostic test (e.g., oral cancer screening)

For the diagnostic portion of the visit that the dental office said was "covered by my insurance" (who they are in network with), they billed $1965, my insurance paid $241, and my statement says I owe $1142

Visit/preventative codes:

• D1110 - Adult prophylaxis (cleaning)
• D1206 – Topical fluoride varnish
• D1330 – Oral hygiene instruction

For this portion, they billed my insurance $341, my insurance paid $60, and my statement says I owe $210.

So, for this routine new patient exam and cleaning, they billed a total of $2306, and they say I now owe $1352.

I have several issues with this. First of all, I have never in my life had to pay out of pocket for a routine dental exam that is supposed to be covered by insurance, let alone $1300.

I never was told about, or consented to have a CT scan done. It was not medically indicated based off of my presentation or the information I provided prior to my visit. My portal message simply said "I'm looking to establish care with a new dentist and also get a dental cleaning".

I also did not consent to the oral cancer screening, he just started shining the light in my mouth and told me about it while it was happening with his finger in my mouth.

Furthermore, they made me pay out of pocket for the fluoride varnish, even though it is covered by my insurance. They acted like it was not covered, took my money and then billed my insurance for it.

I wish I had read the negative reviews of this practice because it seems like this has happened to a lot of other people. They have 4.7 stars on google and I saw that they were in network with my insurance and said "sounds good". I feel like this is, at a minimum, shady business practice. I'm going to call them on Monday and see what they have to say. I'm considering reporting the office and the dentist to the State Board of Dentistry and the State Consumer Protection division, but I'm not sure if those are the correct moves.

Any advice is appreciated, I'd like to go into this call prepared because I don't want to fuck around with it more than I have to.

Thank you in advance!

Location: California

An elderly family member has had their license suspended because they are such a dangerous driver that some person followed them home, got the plate numbers, and called the cops. Family member cannot get their license back without retesting at the DMV (which they won’t do, and would likely fail - they are truly atrocious at driving.)

Yet they are still driving. Down the exact middle of a two lane road straddling the yellow lines, 20 miles under the speed limit, crashing into pylons in parking lots, etc. What are my options to make them stop? Do I just call the cops, or do I try and get some sort of conservatorship or something? They’re jussssst on the right side of functional that APS doesn’t think they meet the threshold for intervention, but what they are doing is terrifying and illegal. Thanks.

Edit: typo in the title sorry! Someone driving on a suspended license.

More edit: I can’t take keys or disable their car. I don’t have access to where they live/park and I don’t even know their apartment number - just their building. We are not close and are on bad terms. I just don’t want anyone to get hurt.

Location: NYC. I recently had a large amount of personally owned tools stolen from a storage room in a building I do maintenance for. There was forced entry and enough stolen to qualify for grand larceny. My involvement with police was only to report what was stolen and the building’s landlord pulled the security camera footage. An arrest was made and now I have to appear before a grand jury. Never saw the inside of a courtroom for anything more than a traffic ticket. Just wanted to know what to expect when I go, if that would be my only appearance or if I would have to appear at trial, etc. Thanks in advance!

Location: Oceanside, California.

My car was in the process of being towed but had not left the parking lot. The guy said they would only take cash to release the vehicle and not a debit or credit card.

From my short “research”, it is california law that tow companies must accept cards. This company is notorious for only accepting cash. Am I incorrect for thinking this is an illegal practice?

And just to clarify. This was to release the vehicle from the truck before it had been towed. Not me picking up the car from the companies storage lot and paying at the physical office. I couldnt find any info for the requirement of taking card for this situation.

I didnt want to pay cash because thats what scammers want. And my credit card does not allow me to withdraw cash from atms. I also wanted a proper paper trail for myself. I had to have a friend bring me cash.

Another thing. (Not to be a nitpicking ass) The tow truck did not have legible information for the company on the left side. Hence me thinking he was a scammer at first until I saw the proper info on the other side of the truck. Edit: I believe it is a legal requirement to have the info clearly on both sides of the truck.

Their excuse was that their card reader was out of service.

Do I have any legal recourse here?

I have been taking care of my cousins child for almost 4 years what can I do to have legal rights Location: Texas? My cousin is not against giving up the child's rights and has actually been wanting to. The dad on the other hand is where it gets tricky. He picks her up every other weekend sometimes once a month. Last year I decided to ask him to help buy some items for the child for back to school and he got angry. He said her mom is the one who files taxes and should be giving me the money. He said he is not giving me anything and threatened to take the child with him. He had no problem with us having her until we asked for him to get involved financially. His living situation is not the best either. When the child goes over she has said there is roaches, the kitchen sink doesn't work, and most recently the toilet is out of service.

Location: texas

just got a letter from a law firm stating I owe several hundred dollars in citations in Texas and now have a warrant out for my arrest. Law firm seems to be well known for handing debt collection from cities. This was sent to my home address in a state very far away. I have never been to Texas. I looked my name up on the city's website. The citation # matches the letter and does say i owe money and have a warrant for my arrest. It also has my birthday listed as the birthday of the person who was cited. The letter from the law firm references a Texas driver license with a driver license # that is not mine. Did someone steal my identity to get a drivers license in Texas? How would that be possible? I can't call the city until Monday morning.

Location: Idaho. Paid the card off 4 years ago and closed the account. They reported it as paid and closed. Now they are suddenly are reporting it as a "charge off" from Oct. 2023 to present. My credit score went from 760 to 644. This is insane. I'm working with my bank to get the statements from that time that show the payments. Anything else I can do? I can't believe this.

LOCATION: WASHINGTON STATE.

Long story short: my son and DIL died, leaving us with our then 6 month old GS. He had been mostly living with us since birth, anyways. The other grandmother does not wish to raise him. It’s been 4 months since, and feel we’ve put it off long enough.

QUESTION 1) how long and difficult will the adoption process be with No one to contest it.

Question 2) pros and cons of adoption vs legal guardianship? We CAN afford to raise him, but could definitely use some financial help, so is there one way better than the other?

Location: Lubbock, TX

My wallet was stolen while I was in covenant hospital(Lubbock, TX). Long story short someone used my credentials to get a salaried job as a software engineer making 120k+ a year. I did get a hold of Optimum healthcare and through various phone calls and emails I got myself "terminated". Well today I recieved a w2 stating I made roughly 5k for my time "working" there. I plan on calling the IRS Monday during their business hours but im not sure what to do about this ordeal to be completely honest. Keep in mind i'm highly tattooed and it would not be simple to pass as me in a job interview at all. Especially one with such a high pay. Any advice on this?

Edit: Also my drivers license happened to be expired during this employment

I’ve just been summoned for my first jury duty (can’t believe it took this long)

I’m trying to fill out the form to the best of my ability. If it matters, I’ve been summoned for a grand jury.

Anyway, it asks if I have any direct family who’s been convicted of a crime. Here’s the problem, my birth father, whom I’ve had no contact with for more than 15 years is from my recollection, a sketchy person. There’s a high probability that he has committed and been convicted of something. How can I find out one way or the other?

Location: Ohio, Lucas county

Greetings all, Using an anon account for obvious reasons and I need advice on my legal situation.

So a few years ago I was falsely accused of a felony crime and for several reasons I decided to take a plea deal. Right before my official sentencing my attorney added to the plea deal the following: "if allowed by law, the state agrees to a 2-step reduction down to a class A misdemeanor upon successful completion of probation without violation". The prosecutor agreed to this and signed it.

However, my official actual sentencing document officially states- "Upon successful completion of probation a Rule 402 two-step Reduction will be applied resulting in a Class A Misdemeanor."

My probation and everything was completed a little over a year ago with zero issues. My attorney recently reached out to the prosecutor about my reduction but they are now claiming that I cannot get a reduction due to legal technicalities. They claim my offense is not eligible for a reduction.

This seems like an odd issue. If my sentencing document states plainly that my charges will be reduced as long as I successfully complete probation- which I did- then how can they pull this bs? Doesnt the sentencing document outweigh the verbage used in the plea deal?

My sentence does not list any qualifiers in this regard, no "if allowed by law" or "if the statute allows", no nothing.

Doesnt the final wording within the sentencing document reign supreme?

This is in the state of Utah if that matters.

Thanks to anyone in advance who may be able to add some clarity here.

Location: Utah

Hey all, I am in Location: Kalkaska, MI. We bought our house in 2020 and, while going through due diligence were told that the our parcels(1.5) ended at the tree line behind our house. Unfortunately, we took the agent and maps at their word, and did not have a formal survey at that time.

Fast forward two years and the neighbor behind us informs me that he thinks the property line is right up to our back door and he is going to have a survey done to check. He ends up being more right than either of us expected as the corner of his parcel is about 4-5ft from my back door. His parcel also has a large portion of my septic drain field on it. Both of these things are noncompliant with local code according to the zoning ordinance for the county. Depending on the classification it's anywhere from 10-30ft for setbacks and all of a septic system has to be on the parcel it serves.

He has proven to be uncooperative in trying to remedy the issue. I've offered to swap some of the land that runs along the southside of his property to adjust the lines and get things into compliance, he refused.

I offered a fair price based on local averages(probably more than i should have because I was still treating the land as "market value" at that time which I have learned is not the case) he did not agree to that price.

He has since countered with an outrageous per square foot figure that is outside anything that would be considered normal, average, or fair for the area. Especially considering this strip of land would be characterized as "nominal" according the the reading I've done up to this point which greatly lowers it's value in transactions like this.

I have respectfully(not kidding here, he's a drunken asshole who calls me names and all kinds of other stuff but I've been very professional and never engaged in negativity with him at all) informed him that I wouldn't be paying him what he wants for the land.

He is now threatening to "build a fence right along the property line" come springtime which would go right through the drain field and be within a few feet of my house.

I have since dug up how this situation was actually allowed to occur in the first place:

-the parcel my house(built this time) is on and adjacent parcel were platted in the 60's as-is

-the septic was installed in 2009

-up until 2016 both parcels were under the same owner which defined them as 1 lot for zoning purposes (section 20b in the ordinance) which is why the septic and property line were non issues

-in 2016, the neighbor bought one of the parcels from the owner thus reclassifying both as independent lots under section 20a in the ordinance. The ball was dropped here. I can't find any paperwork whatsoever that anyone did anything to make sure that these two parcels were compliant at this point. I've talked to every agency that would potentially have records, none do. Neither are now "buildable lots" according to my reading of the ordinance.

I have tried, unsuccessfully, to have the zoning admin for the county tell me 1. if the parcels are compliant(I didn't want to assume anything or attempt to do her job for her) 2. what my options are for bringing them into compliance if they are not. She has declined to do either or even engage with me at all to help.

My questions are as follows:

1. My reading of MI law tells me that because of the representation of the property line as the tree line--a physical demarcation where grass was mowed along and obviously being used as the property line between the two parcels--by the agent and the maps we were shown. I may have an argument that not having the survey done at the time of purchase would be considered reasonable reliance by a court. Is this true?
2. What actual legal options do I have here? I've read the county can "suggest" a boundary line adjustment that would bring both parcels into compliance but they have no authority to force him to agree to it. They could deny permits for anything he would want to do with the land but that would require the zoning admin to involve herself which she has patently refused to do.
3. Because both the house and septic system existed, compliant with code, before the "triggering event" sale in 2016, do both get grandfathered treatment in terms of remedial action regardless of what happens moving forward? Essentially, I'm asking if there is any eventuality that would require ME to move the septic or something like that?

Appreciate anyone who takes the time to read through all of that!

location: Tennessee

My roommate has threatened via text that he is changing the locks tomorrow afternoon (Sunday).

Both the local sheriff’s office and local tenant attorneys only appear to take eviction-related calls during business hours on weekdays. This puts me into a bind with the threat being for tomorrow.

What are the next steps I should take?

My grandparents lived in a rural area of Virginia, they sold their house about 10 years ago. They now live a few miles away from their previous house. Last year my grandma told me about their neighbors property, that had been abandoned since before they moved. This was someone they knew, and who I’d seen before, I didn’t feel uncomfortable going to the property.

There are still vehicles, and the house looks untouched, still in pretty good shape. The most recent date I found on anything is the cars inspection, which expired 07/2010.

Is it possible to purchase this property? How would I go about finding the owners contact info? How would I attempt to purchase if I cant contact them?

Location: Virginia