“That’s right,” Patricia said.

“And each and every sign has to show your full legal name and current address in permanent lettering.

Once they’re up, if Brad or anybody else tampers with them, it’s a criminal misdemeanor under the state boundary law.”

She pushed the printed instruction sheet across the oak desk to me.

“Keep the Dunn County non-emergency number saved in your phone,” she added.

“We’re wiping out every legal gray area he thinks he can stand in.”