If you find yourself stopped by law enforcement, do you have to identify yourself? U.S. citizens have constitutional rights regarding questioning and detainment, and it's important to understand how they work. Stop-and-Identify Laws   To date, nearly half of the nation's 50 states have stop-and-identify laws. These mandate that you must identify yourself to a police officer if he or she [...]

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You need a valid driver's license or ID to do a lot of things these days. Drive, buy alcohol or cigarettes or get into a bar or nightclub. You may not think much of using your friend's ID to get into a bar or even drive a car, but the cops sure will. You could be in legal trouble for allowing someone else to use your ID in Utah.   You can be in even more trouble for using someone [...]

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Arrests and convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and driving while impaired (DWI) -- even when no one is hurt -- can be costly, time-consuming and life-changing. It's important for you to know when you've reached the legal intoxication limit even when you don't feel drunk. And it can be even more important if you are a woman because you can often reach those limits faster than your [...]

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Whether or not you ever find yourself facing legal issues, it's useful to have a working knowledge of everyday legal terminology. Criminal acts fall into two categories: misdemeanors and felonies. But what's the difference? Which comes with a heavier punishment and what offenses are common among each? Let's break it down. Misdemeanors Individuals charged with less serious and often nonviolent [...]

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In an age when the expansiveness of technology is available at any moment, our society spends more time online than ever before. We turn to the internet to shop, map routes and read the latest news. We interact with people we would be unlikely to have met in a real-life setting, and we access information which would have been very difficult to obtain otherwise. With so many people using this [...]

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