How can we get rid of this illegal resident? Can we change the locks? Turn off the utilities? Etc

You have to evict the subtenant using lawful means. Self help is not permitted. If you are evicting the tenant, the eviction of the subtenant will...

What is the procedure to get a case dismissed because the police had no right to conduct a search?

If he cannot afford an attorney, he needs to go into court and ask the court to appoint the public defender to represent him. That public defender...

How long does it take to remove tenants from a house under rent control when their 1 year contract expired?

If the property is covered by rent control under the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance, expiration of a fixed term lease is not a...

It is not against the law to want to do something. We do not have thought police in this country. It is against the law to do something, but not...

Is it legal for me to do the work myself or am I required to hire a licensed contractor/gas fitter?

If you are the property owner and are capable of doing the work, you can do the work yourself.

QUESTION: DOES THE ADMISSION OF HIS CRIMINAL ACT TO AUTHORITIES PRIOR TO BEING ARRESTED HAVE ANY LEGAL BENEFIT TO THE ADULT MALE

This has lots of benefit. This person has gone a long ways in helping the prosecution prove its case against him.

Does respondents reply brief need more than reference to small claims case based on same facts and circumstances of this case?

This is an example of a new game that is being played here in the Q & A forum. I call it hide something in your pocket and have others guess as to...

Can an HOA fine you and conduct a hearing without proper notification to be present?

You're a tenant. Your landlord is entitled to notices of fines and assessments levied on him as a homeowner subject to the CC&R's and the HOA...

What are my options? Am i really up the creek on this one?

You need to go to the courthouse and file a Claim of Right to Possession. I don't know where you were when the case was going on earlier, but this...

Sealed Juvenile Record, I know police can see the arrest but can police read sealed police reports pertaining to the arrest with

Amazingly, the police have the ability to read their own reports. They don't seal the records against themselves.