Update & Correction Policy

Update cadence

Different page types are reviewed on different schedules:

• Practice-area pages — re-read quarterly; refreshed any time the underlying statute, procedure, or fee schedule changes
• City and location pages — re-read every six months; updated whenever office hours, addresses, or attorney coverage change
• Guides and FAQ pages — re-read quarterly; updated immediately if a featured answer becomes outdated
• Blog posts — kept as a dated record of the law at time of writing; corrected only if factually wrong, not refreshed cosmetically
• Attorney bios — updated within 30 days of any credential, admission, or role change
• Policy pages (this one, editorial, fact-checking) — updated when the policy itself changes

What triggers a dateModified bump

We bump the dateModified field in a page's structured data only when the page's substantive content changes. We do not bump it for:

• Cosmetic CSS changes
• Layout reflows
• Image swaps with no informational difference
• Typographic corrections that do not change meaning

We do bump it for:

• Any factual correction
• Statute, fee, deadline, or processing-time update
• Substantive rewrite of a section
• Addition or removal of a service or practice area on the page
• New attorney byline or reviewer assignment

Faking refresh dates to game search rankings is detectable and demoted by search engines, and we do not do it.

When we correct vs. when we rewrite

If a page contains a factual error, we correct the specific sentence and bump dateModified. If a page is more broadly outdated (e.g., a statute has been replaced by a new chapter, or a procedure has been fundamentally restructured) we rewrite the affected sections, note the date of the rewrite in the page text where useful, and bump dateModified.

Significant corrections — what gets noted

For corrections that change the substantive meaning of a page (e.g., we previously stated the wrong fee amount, the wrong filing deadline, or attributed a quote to the wrong source), we add an inline correction note at the bottom of the affected page in this format:

Correction (YYYY-MM-DD): A prior version of this page stated [the
incorrect statement]. The correct statement is [the corrected
statement]. We have updated the page accordingly.

Minor copy edits, typo fixes, and re-organizations that do not change factual claims are not annotated — only the schemadateModified field is updated.

How to report a needed update

Email info@vasquezlawfirm.com with the page URL and the specific information you believe needs updating. Procedural change requests should include a citation to the new agency guidance or statute. Statute amendments should include the session-law citation. We acknowledge within five business days and apply substantive updates within 30 days of confirming the change.

Related policies

• Editorial policy
• Fact-checking process