Premarital assets remain your personal property and won’t automatically become joint marital property just because you’ve been married for many years.…
Cost
Drafting a written property agreement yourself costs nothing; notarization incurs addition…
Benefit
Premarital assets are legally classified as personal property and do not automatically bec…
Marriages involving bigamy are invalid. Anyone who already has a spouse yet marries again, or who knowingly marries someone who already has a spouse, …
Cost
No cost at all. Before registration, simply check the marital status listed on the other p…
Benefit
Bigamous marriages hold no legal weight. Persons who enter a second marriage while already…
Appliance repair services must clearly display their pricing, provide customers with a receipt and invoice, and must not falsely claim that a problem …
Cost
There is no upfront cost. Before any work begins, ask for a detailed price list and a list…
Benefit
Appliance repair businesses must clearly list their service offerings, pricing for parts, …
The law assumes the legal representative is the person actually managing the company; claiming “I’m just a figurehead and know nothing” does not serve…
Cost
There’s no cost involved. If someone asks you to “just be a figurehead with no responsibil…
Benefit
The legal representative is intended to be the director or manager who actually runs the c…
China's consular authorities advise travelers not to carry luggage or goods for others, especially prohibited items or items whose contents they do no…
Cost
No cost at all. Simply say no.
Benefit
The consular guidance tells outbound Chinese travelers to avoid carrying other people's lu…
If a dog injures someone, the owner is generally required to pay compensation, no matter how much fault they bear. Only when it can be proven that the…
Cost
A leash costs just a few dollars. The real challenge is remembering to use it every single…
Benefit
When a pet causes injury to another person, its owner or the person supervising it at the …
If the other person is intoxicated or asleep, they cannot give informed consent. Having sex with them in such a state is legally classified as rape, c…
Cost
No monetary cost. The price is having to stop the encounter right then and there — the har…
Benefit
Article 236 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who rapes a woman using violence, c…
Using threats like “I’ll call the cops” or “I’ll send these photos to your boss” to force you to pay is extortion. Paying even once only invites more …
Cost
There’s no monetary cost. Take screenshots of their account info, chat logs, and payment c…
Benefit
Article 274 of the Criminal Law stipulates that extortion of property — whether a single s…
It is illegal to make up false accusations in an attempt to get someone punished under criminal or public order laws. For minor violations, offenders …
Cost
No cost at all. You simply file a report with local police, explaining that the accusation…
Benefit
Article 50 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law (revised June 27, 2025, ef…
The Criminal Procedure Law sets clear thresholds for conviction: evidence must be verified through legally prescribed procedures and must collectively…
Cost
Pursuing these procedures costs nothing in terms of fees, but appeals and retrials demand …
Benefit
Article 55 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that evidence must be both authentic a…
If you were detained or arrested and later released when the case was dropped, charges were withdrawn, or you were acquitted, you may apply for state …
Cost
No expense is required. The compensation application must be submitted to the same agency …
Benefit
Article 17 of the State Compensation Law outlines specific circumstances under which victi…
As a victim, you have every legal right to demand compensation from the party responsible for the harm — this doesn’t automatically make you a blackma…
Cost
No expense at all. You can file a complaint via 12315, take legal action in court, or hire…
Benefit
Official precedent exists: after tests showed melamine contamination in certain batches of…
Do three things immediately: turn on all platform safety settings, use the platform’s quick evidence‑collection tools to preserve content, and file a …
Cost
There’s no monetary cost. It takes just a few minutes on the spot to enable protections an…
Benefit
Article 15 of Document No. 14 (2023) outlines how courts issue injunctions to protect pers…
All four possible pathways are shut down. Buying life insurance for a loved one without their knowledge renders the policy invalid. If the policyholde…
Cost
No cost at all.
Benefit
Article 34 of the Insurance Law states that any life insurance contract requiring death as…
Reporting a crime and having a case officially opened are two separate steps. When the police accept a case, they must provide you with a case receipt…
Cost
No cost involved. Simply ask for the case receipt right then and there. Afterwards, follow…
Benefit
Article 171 of the Procedural Provisions on Handling Criminal Cases by Public Security Org…
“Paying a little money to smooth things over” is a standalone offense under criminal law; those arrested are not only the recipients of the bribes. Of…
Cost
No cost at all — you just have to refrain from doing it.
Benefit
Article 389 of the Criminal Law defines bribery as “offering property to state functionari…
When it comes to loans, debts, compensation, refunds, or labor disputes, misunderstandings can arise months later even if everything was discussed cle…
Cost
There’s no cost involved. Simply turn on the call recording feature on your phone or use a…
Benefit
Article 66 of the Civil Procedure Law lists audio/video recordings and electronic data as …
If you only film close‑ups of a single scratch on a car or an isolated object on the ground, later on no one will know where they originally were. Beg…
Cost
No cost involved. Simply use your phone to film for several seconds to a few minutes. Firs…
Benefit
Article 66 of the Civil Procedure Law lists physical evidence, audio‑visual materials, and…
Worldwide, over one third of all female homicide victims are killed by their partners — often as a final outcome of long‑term abuse. Among women who h…
Cost
There is no cost at all. Applying for a protection order involves no filing fees or bonds.…
Benefit
First, the risks. A systematic review of data from 66 countries shows that in cases of fem…
Money owed from gambling isn’t protected by courts. Even if creditors know the borrower is using the funds for gambling, those loans still get no lega…
Cost
No money is required. The hard part is resisting the urge to pay when creditors show up at…
Benefit
A 2017 notice from the Supreme People’s Court outlines four key points: Debts arising from…
Requests to "help scan your face as a witness" are fraudulent schemes where loan brokers apply for bank credit directly under your legal name. You are…
Cost
Zero financial outlay. The willpower challenge is saying no to friends or relatives who as…
Benefit
Official consumer risk warnings issued by financial regulatory authorities (including NFRA…
Empirical crime data from the UK indicates that households combining quality door locks with window locks face only one-twelfth the risk of residentia…
Cost
Upgrading deadbolts, adding window security latches, and installing an exterior motion-act…
Benefit
Analysis of the Crime Survey for England and Wales (37,416 households surveyed between 200…
