Sites for free and reduced-cost legal help and legal forms.
Library staff are not able to offer legal advice or analysis. Staff may not interpret statutes, cases or regulations, perform legal research, recommend or assist in the preparation of forms, or advise patrons regarding their legal rights.
Free and reduced-cost legal help
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- Legal help for people to protect their livelihoods, their health and their families
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- Referrals to lawyers
- Oregon State Bar Modest Means program for help finding affordable legal assistance
- General legal information on a variety of topics, provided as a public service by Oregon's lawyers
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- Free assistance with criminal record and eviction expungements
- DACA applications and renewals
- Housing and immigration court navigation
- Legal name and gender-marker changes
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- A nonprofit law firm offering sliding-scale legal services
Oregon Legal research and forms
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- A legal research tool that lets you search sources of law from Oregon, the U.S. Government and many other western states
- Includes the United States Code, United States Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Cases; and cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions, attorney general opinions, and session laws for Oregon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington
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- One-on-one help, legal research tools, classes and instructions
- Free to all self-represented parties, regardless of income
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- Forms, court records, and information about going to court
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- Links to resources about the law and courts
- For anyone who wants to know more or wants to represent themselves in a legal matter
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- The codified laws of the state of Oregon, including the Vehicle Code
- Use this site to see the exact text of a law, like the one(s) cited on traffic tickets
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- Free legal information for low-income Oregonians
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- Legal information and legal research assistance
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- Free online access to court calendars and basic case information for the Oregon circuit courts and the Oregon Tax Court
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- Provides online access to briefs and opinions of the Oregon Supreme and Appellate Courts, legal research guides, and in-person and virtual legal reference services
- Also provides access to Ebooks from Nolo Press on self-help law in the Legal Information Reference Center
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- Online and in person resources
Federal Legal Research and Forms
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- Information and forms from the federal Judiciary
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- Includes legislative information and a Guide to Law Online
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- Learn about your rights as a person living in the United States of America
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- Find out how to file a complaint or appeal a decision related to health information privacy, civil rights, Medicare and more