Speaking of Washington State, visit the King County Law Library website if you want a good starting place for learning about Section 1983 litigation (i.e. 42 U.S.C. §1983), take…
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Is Your (Oregon) Developer or Lender Going Under?
…a contact number, visit the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division and search their databases, or 4) Contact the Oregon Construction Contractor Board (CCB), or 5) Contact the Oregon Division…
Setting Up Business as a Debt Collector in Oregon
…here). At the Washington County Law Library, we have materials that creditor-debtor lawyers use for research. These are secondary sources (books about the law as opposed to primary sources, which…
Sheriff or Police Search and Seizure Inventories
…the general research rule is: Each jurisdiction has its own procedure and you usually need to look in the code (the city code, county code, state police regulations, etc.)….
When Lawyers Go Bad: Law Library Book Thieves: Law and Ethics
The Law Librarian, the Washington County Bar Association, the Law Library Committee, and the Oregon State Bar consider it a serious matter when attorneys do not return borrowed Law…
Small Claims Court in Oregon: What Do You Want to Know?
…blogged about it here , start with these resources: 1) Your county’s Justice Court (if it has one, e.g. Washington and Lane counties do) 2) The…
One Flu Over the Top? “Swine” Flu in Oregon
…this handbasket), check out your county health department’s websites. For example: 1) Washington County 2) State of Oregon Flu website 3) See also these for more lessons…
Oregon Small Claims Court, TurboCourt, and eCourt
Some (maybe all?) Oregon courts are offering TurboCourt online document preparation for Small Claims litigants. I haven’t seen TurboCourt in action. Visit the Washington County (Oregon) Circuit Court website…
Tax Forms and Free Tax Preparation Help in Oregon
1) Some public libraries and U.S. Post Offices distribute federal tax forms via the IRS “Tax Forms Outlet Program,” e.g. Washington county libraries and Multnomah County Library. Locate contact…
Water Law in Oregon
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: It can been said that future wars will be over food and water, especially water. The future is here and the wars…
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