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1 Answer | Asked in Business Formation and Business Law for California on
Q: Operating Agreement

Good afternoon.

A legal entity (LLC) has been established. One of the documents required to do business is the Operating Agreement. The problem is that some of the members are non-U.S. residents. Because of the epidemiological situation, we cannot be physically present in the United States.... Read more »

D. Steven Yahnian
D. Steven Yahnian answered on Dec 5, 2021

In California, electronic signatures and photocopied signatures are as legally valid as originals for most legal documents that do not need to be recorded. LLC operating agreement signatures do not need to be notarized unless the document will be recorded. However, I have never seen an LLC... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law for Maryland on
Q: If an adult New Jersey college student provides alcohol to a minor at a party, what is the likely legal penalty?

First time offense

Mark Oakley
Mark Oakley answered on Dec 5, 2021

It can depend on whether there are aggravating circumstances (someone injured/died/ended up in hospital), but just underage drinking and the older student being the one buying the alcohol, if in PG county and everyone is a student, chances seem good a lawyer can negotiate some sort of diversion... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Tax Law for California on
Q: I am a partner with a company. They report annual distribution through K1 in my name. Can that become income to my S cor

If I start a S corp or that K1 should be issued in my S corp name, specifically?

D. Steven Yahnian
D. Steven Yahnian answered on Dec 5, 2021

If your S Corporation becomes a partner in the partnership, then your S Corporation will report the income from the partnership as evidenced by K-1 issued to it by the Partnership. Then, you will report the income on your K-1 from the S Corporation because the partnership income passes through to... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Animal / Dog Law and Wrongful Death for California on
Q: My dog got out of my backyard by jumping my 6ft fence and went to a dairy down the street and then was shot

My dog then with her leg dangling from her body and her chest split open came home! I rushed her to have her put down! The guy who shot her never contacted me and still hasn’t contacted me! But said he did! What can I do? I am so sad my poor dog went through this!

William John Light
William John Light answered on Dec 5, 2021

If you get another similarly athletic dog, get a taller fence. Once your dog jumps your fence and is unsupervised, it is a menace to pedestrians, neighbors, children and other dogs who are lawfully on their own property, or using the sidewalks. You can and will be sued for any harm it causes, and... Read more »

1 Answer | Asked in Landlord - Tenant for Virginia on
Q: What if anything can I do about my landlord not maintaining the driveway? It is in a mobile home lot where his brother

Is responsible for half the road. And the man I pay rent to says I need to go to his brother. Whom I do not rent my lot from?

F. Paul Maloof
F. Paul Maloof answered on Dec 5, 2021

In Virginia, the issue of maintenance of a driveway will depend on what is stated in the written residential lease. It should provide for whether the landlord or the tenant has the legal obligation for such maintenance.

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