| Nonconforming Uses, Conditional Use Permits, and Variances |
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| Zoning ordinances enforce or develop a comprehensive plan to divide property within a governmental entity's borders. The ordinances restrict a property owner's use of his or her private property so that the public's health, safety, and welfare are protected, maintained, and developed. Zoning ordinances affect the structures that already exist within the governmental entity's borders at the time the ordinances are enacted.More... |
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| Judgment Liens against Property |
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| Once a court reaches a determination that one party owes another party money, the court issues a judgment. A judgment, quite simply, constitutes a judicial determination that one party owes another party money and nothing more. Once a judgment creditor obtains such a judgment, the judgment creditor must undertake efforts to collect the money that is owed by the judgment debtor.More... |
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| Settling Uncertain Boundary Lines |
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| Often property owners do not know the location of the exact boundaries of their property. Unless the property has been surveyed by a professional surveyor, the issue may be unclear. Alternatives are available to help neighbors settle uncertain boundary lines.More... |
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| Home Inspection |
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| Often when a home buyer enters into an agreement of sale for the purchase of a home, the agreement contains a provision which entitles to home buyer to a home inspection. The home buyer's right to a home inspection is determined by the terms of the parties' agreement of sale.More... |
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| Mortgage Loans with Balloon Payments |
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| A mortgage loan with a balloon payment provision is very different from a traditional mortgage loan. Usually, mortgage loans with balloon payment provisions are second mortgages as opposed to first mortgages (also known as purchase-money mortgages).More... |
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