The legal review provides information on inconsistencies in your ordinances and reviews your code’s state statutory citations for currency. This review does not take the place of the municipal attorney.
It provides research support to your attorney and your municipal staff that will save you time and expense in your own code review because it identifies possible conflicts between the code and state statutes, inconsistencies within the code, and any obsolete citations.
As your code draft is being created, our code specialists make notes of potential issues in an editorial report. This could include information about incomplete legislation, legislation that seems out-dated, or suggestions for material that may need updating, such as reviewing fees or fines.
There are also explanations for why material may have been codified or, in some cases, left out of the codification.
This report is used by the legal review editor in drafting the legal review. In addition, we look for references such as names of acts, public laws, and administrative code cites in order to provide a complete citation reference for the users of your code.
We conduct a general review looking for major constitutional issues (where a provision may conflict with settled law on issues such as curfew, loitering, utility disconnection, signs, etc.) and to locate possibilities for further statutory research by the client’s own counsel.
The legal review provides information on inconsistencies in your ordinances and reviews your code’s state statutory citations for currency. This review does not take the place of the municipal attorney.
It provides research support to your attorney and your municipal staff that will save you time and expense in your own code review because it identifies possible conflicts between the code and state statutes, inconsistencies within the code, and any obsolete citations.
The American Legal Code Library can be a great resource for browsing codes in your state to see how other municipalities are legislating issues that could affect your citizens.
We've helped hundreds of municipalities codify laws since our inception more than 80 years ago, and we would like to bring that experience to your next project.
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"I just wanted to let you know that we are very pleased with the codified ordinances you provided. The employees we worked with were very professional and thorough."
Cathy Schroll - Village of McComb, OH