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State, Local, and Municipal Law Overview

States, counties, cities, and other government bodies create laws governing activities within their boundaries. States make laws governing issues such as banking, insurance, agriculture, taxes, and business licensing. States and smaller local governments may establish their own courts, police, prosecutors, and prisons to carry out law enforcement.

Local laws may cover a wide range of issues, from whether you can drive while using a cell phone, to whether gaming (gambling) establishments are allowed. State and local laws may be created, changed, or repealed by state or local legislatures, by state or local agencies, or by being put to a popular vote through a ballot measure.

Definition of Municipal Law

Municipal Law is the law specific to a particular city or county (known legally as a "municipality"), and the government bodies within those cities or counties. This can cover a wide range of issues, including everything from police power, zoning, education policies, and property taxes.

Terms to Know

· Bylaws: A set of rules by which a municipality conducts its business. Bylaws tend to govern activities such as meetings, votes, record taking, and budgeting.

· Land Use: Otherwise known as zoning, land use laws govern the purposes for which land may be used.

· Municipal Charter: A municipality's founding document.

· Municipal Corporation: The legal structure assigned to a municipality which allows it to buy and sell property, and sue or be sued.

· Police Power: The legal term for the ability to use police to regulate the behavior of a municipality's residents.

· Ordinance: The technical term for the "law" issued by a municipality.

Practice Area Notes

Most attorneys who handle municipal law cases are hired by the municipalities themselves. The attorneys may even work as corporate counsel for the cities, which means that the attorney works for that particular city exclusively.

Local city or town councils are primarily responsible for creating municipal law. Since council members are elected from the town's residents, local residents have great control over municipal law, which can vary greatly between municipalities. If you believe you have a municipal law issue, be sure to consult an attorney familiar with the ordinances in your area.

Related Practice Areas

· Land Use Laws: Municipalities are largely responsible to setting land use policy.

· Real Estate: Property taxes and zoning issues, which affect real estate cases, are set by municipalities.

· Small Business: Many municipalities require small businesses to file local business licenses, and zoning laws can affect where and how small businesses operate.

· Taxes: Property taxes are usually set by a municipal taxing authority, and the city council often decides what the municipality uses those taxes for.

· Education Law: The local board of education is responsible for setting a large portion of education policy.

· Civil Rights: Local police, who must abide by federal civil rights laws, are employed by municipalities. The municipalities typically pay any damages resulting from civil rights abuses at the hands of police.

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Byron David Flagg

777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1370, Miami, FL 33131

Bar #14311(FL) License for 2005 years Member in Good Standing

Kevin McKinley Stone

4850 N Highway 19A, Mount Dora, FL 32757-2008

Bar #28516(FL) License for 2006 years Member in Good Standing

Gary Anthony Roberts

850-513-0505 x224

130 Salem Ct, Tallahassee, FL 32301-2810

Bar #69620(FL) License for 1995 years Member in Good Standing

Vijay S.R. Choksi

8201 Peters Road Suite 4000, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324

Bar #123774(FL) License for 2016 years Member in Good Standing

Vijay S.R. Choksi

8201 Peters Road Suite 4000, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324

Bar #123774(FL) License for 2016 years Member in Good Standing

Vijay Choksi is an Attorney, focusing his practice on Business Transactions, Regulated Substances and First Party Insurance Defense, Property and Casualty Claims. Vijay worked as a Law Clerk for a regional full-service business firm, where he gained experience in insurance defense cases. He also gained experience in business transactions, as well as intellectual property law, while working as a Law Clerk for Seal Shield and Legal Extern for TRUMP Dezer Development. Vijay earned his Bachelor...

Robert Dwane Pritt

25070 Ascot Lake Ct, Bonita Springs, FL 34134-1962

Bar #196571(FL) License for 1975 years Member in Good Standing

Practice Areas: Environmental Law | Real estate | State | local | and municipal law

Robert Dwane Pritt

25070 Ascot Lake Ct, Bonita Springs, FL 34134-1962

Bar #196571(FL) License for 1975 years Member in Good Standing

Robert Pritt handles cases in State, Local And Municipal Law and attended University of Akron School of Law. This attorney has been licensed for 47 years and has an office in Bonita Springs, FL.

Practice Areas: Environmental Law | Real estate | State | local | and municipal law

Jeffrey Evan Feiler

7685 S.W. 104th St., Ste. 200, Miami, FL 33156-3161

Bar #347604(FL) License for 1982 years Member in Good Standing

Alan S Zimmet

813-273-6677

201 One Tampa City Ctr Ste 2700, Tampa, FL 33602-5816

Bar #349615(FL) License for 1982 years Member in Good Standing

Alan S Zimmet

813-273-6677

201 One Tampa City Ctr Ste 2700, Tampa, FL 33602-5816

Bar #349615(FL) License for 1982 years Member in Good Standing

Alan Zimmet has an office in Tampa, FL and handles cases in State, Local And Municipal Law. This attorney has been licensed for 41 years and attended George Washington University National Law Center.

Brenda B. Ezell

904-432-3200

3560 Cardinal Point Drive, Suite 202, Jacksonville, FL 32257

Bar #369550(FL) License for 2000 years Member in Good Standing

Brenda B. Ezell

904-432-3200

3560 Cardinal Point Drive, Suite 202, Jacksonville, FL 32257

Bar #369550(FL) License for 2000 years Member in Good Standing

Ms. Ezell has broad experience as counsel to landlords and tenants, purchasers and sellers, developers, lenders, borrowers, and federal, state and local government agencies in various types of commercial real estate transactions and regulatory matters, as well as significant experience in commercial leasing, asset-based lending, title insurance, easements and servitudes, covenants and restrictions, condo and homeowner’s association law, zoning and land use law, corporate and business...

Michael David Morelly

Miami Beach, FL 33140

Bar #405957(FL) License for 1984 years Member in Good Standing

Albert Charles Galloway, Jr.

202 East Stuart Avenue, Lake Wales, FL 33859-3339

Bar #475602(FL) License for 1985 years Member in Good Standing

Ron S. Bilu

954-596-0669

2760 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, FL 330695727

Bar #632651(FL) License for 2003 years Member in Good Standing

Gerald Thomas Buhr

1519 Dale Mabry Hwy Ste 100, Lutz, FL 335483033

Bar #897434(FL) License for 1991 years Member in Good Standing

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