Who Pays the Repair?

What broke, and where?

Pick the repair and your city. You get who pays, the rule it comes from, and what to do next.

  • 330 verified rules
  • 495 source pages quoted
  • Every rule shows the date it was last checked
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How the answers are checked

The answer is the city's own words

Each page quotes the ordinance, statute or agency page that decides who pays, links to it, and shows the date we last read it. Before a rule is published, its quote is checked word for word against the source.

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When a source is unclear, the page says so

Some rules turn on where the break is or what caused it. Those pages say "it depends" and list the exceptions, instead of guessing.

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