The Placer County Law Library, also known as the Sparks Law Library of Placer County, is a separate entity from the county government and is governed by its own Board of Trustees. It's staff can direct people to relevant resources for their legal questions. They cannot provide legal advice.

Services include

• Lexis & Nexis, West, CEB on law, Hein Online,
• 10,000 + publications
• Copy and print
• Computers available for public use
• Free forms: landlord-tenant, rental, business, real estate, estate planning, powers of attorney, living wills, and hundreds of others

Web pages

• General law library info
  • https://www.placer.ca.gov/1841/Placer-County-Law-Library
  • https://www.placer.ca.gov/directory.aspx?did=48

The Nevada County Law Library is the primary depository of legal reference materials for the County of Nevada, and provides open access of these resources to all members of the community.

Located in Nevada City on the first floor of the Nevada County Courthouse, the Law Library collection contains approximately 6,000 volumes of reference materials, including: Nolo Press self-help law books, the Nevada County Codes, California Code, State Supreme and Appellate court reports, and the Municipal Codes of Grass Valley, Nevada City, and Truckee.


The Self-Help Center is located adjacent to the Law Library. This award-winning self-help center provides legal information on court procedures, form packets with instructions, and alternatives to civil litigation, such as mediation. Areas of law include: Adoption, Guardianship, Name Change, Unlawful Detainer (Eviction), Civil Harassment, Modification of Probation, and Traffic. The Self-Help Center is also home to the county's Family Law Fac… [read more]

LawHelp Interactive is a website that helps you fill out legal documents for free. It's simple: we ask you questions and use your answers to complete the documents you need, no lawyer necessary. And if you are a lawyer, we have tools for you too. Find and prepare forms, edit client responses and manage case files, all in one place.

Pro Bono Net is a US nonprofit organization based in New York City and San Francisco. The organization works in close partnership with nonprofit legal aid organizations across the United States and Canada, to increase access to justice for the millions of poor people who face legal problems every year without help from a lawyer. It originated the LawHelp and LawHelp Interactive programs.

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources.

LawHelpCA.org has legal information on the following issues:

• Abuse Protection
• Civil Rights
• Consumer
• Disability
• Disaster
• Families
• Healthcare
• HIV & AIDS
• Housing 
• Immigration
• Indigenous Issues
• Public Benefits
• Record Clearing
• Seniors
• Veterans
• Wills & Estates
• Work

Additionally, LawHelpCA.org offers an updated directory of legitimate and pre-screened organizations that offer free or low-cost legal advice and representation.

Pro Bono Net is a US nonprofit organization based in New York City and San Francisco. The organization works in close partnership with nonprofit legal aid organizations across the United States and Canada, to increase access to justice for the millions of poor people who face legal problems every year without help from a lawyer. It originated the LawHelp and LawHelp Interactive programs.

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources.

See info here: https://lawhelpca.org/… [read more]

The Attorney Search Network offers a Lawyer Referral and Information Service to help individuals find an attorney by referring them to qualified legal professionals in most areas of the law.

Attorneys must proactively register with Attorney Search Network to be included in their database. Therefore, there will only be search results based on attorneys who have registered their name and area of law practice. Not all counties will have attorneys in all areas of legal practice in the Attorney Search Network.

A referral may not be available due to a variety of factors which may include:

• registered attorneys in a practice specialty are fully booked (For example: tenant law attorneys.)
• there may be no registered attorneys in a practice specialty (For example: as of July 2023 there are no attorneys registered with ASN who work in the area of interpersonal defamation issues online. Verbal defamation is called "slander." Written defamation is called "libel.")

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Legal Services of Northern California provides consultations, in-person or by telephone, on legal issues. LSNC serves Nevada and Placer counties. Not all services are available in both counties.

LSNC provides free legal assistance to low-income people who meet eligibility requirements. Services range from referrals to representation, depending upon the client's needs, LSNC priorities, and resources available.

LSNC provides counsel, advice, and representation to low-income individuals and seniors involving:

• Welfare
• Housing
• Social security
• Medi-Cal/Medicare
• Civil rights/discrimination
• Disability rights
• Consumer rights
• Debt and credit issues
• Simple estate planning
• Elder abuse

NOTE: LSNC does NOT take divorce/family law cases, criminal, conservatorship, or small claims cases.

Eligibility criteria - Must meet LSNC income guidelines. Annual income must be no more than 125% of Federal Poverty Level guidelines. Some people over 125% but under 200% FPL may qualify for services, if o… [read more]

The Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative (DLAC) is a coalition of nonprofits, legal aid organizations, government entities, and law firms in California working together to offer free legal services to the communities in the aftermath of natural disasters. Survivors of disasters such as wildfires face a wide variety of legal and financial needs ranging from insurance claim assistance to requests for government programs such as FEMA assistance.

Web pages

• Home - https://disasterlegalservicesca.org/
• Recent Disasters - https://disasterlegalservicesca.org/recent-disasters/
• Contact - https://disasterlegalservicesca.org/contact/

Nolo Do-It-Yourself Products
Consumers and small business owners can handle many legal matters themselves with Nolo's do-it-yourself products, which range from online forms and software to books and eGuides. All are written in plain English, with step-by-step instructions that help you get the job done.

The Nolo Lawyer Directory
Sometimes, consumers and small businesses want advice from a lawyer. Our lawyer directory can help you connect with a short list of attorneys who will compete for your business. Or you can use the directory to learn more about individual lawyers and then connect with the ones you choose.

These links to Free Legal Information are at the bottom of most pages of Nolo.com.

• Articles & FAQs - https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia
• Legal Updates - https://www.nolo.com/legal-updates
• Calculators - https://www.nolo.com/legal-updates
• Law Blogs - https://blog.nolo.com/
• Legal Research - https://www.nolo.com/legal-rese…

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Justice At Last provides free legal representation to survivors, which is client-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive. Their work is guided by the principles of human rights, including participation, accountability, non-discrimination and equality, empowerment, and legality. Their attorneys and human rights advocates collectively have decades of experience providing support services and advocating for the rights of survivors of trafficking.

Empowering Survivors
Justice At Last is a mobile legal practice with satellite offices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Justice At Last meet clients at home or where they already receive trusted services.

They provide comprehensive support in the following legal areas: criminal records clearance, immigration relief, employment rights, restraining orders, emergency custody, youth law, debt relief, and identity theft.

More about their services can be found here - https://www.justiceatlast.org/services

24/7 Resources and support c… [read more]

The Nevada County Community Library offers comprehensive public library services to residents of Nevada County. Browse the website to learn more: https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3455/Library. Services include:

• Reference assistance and access to digital database resources.
• Borrowing privileges for books, movies, music, electronic format materials, and California State Parks passes.
• Access to a computer lab with internet, printers, and a 3-D printer.
• Computer and technology classes and many other online resources.
• Collaborative Technology Center - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/2000/Collaborative-Technology-Center. Including one-on-one tech help appointments some days and tech help drop-in on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm. See calendar: https://madelynhelling.evanced.info/signup/calendar
• Story time and reading programs for children and teens, including Dial-a-Story.
• Gene Albaugh Community Room meeting space for community groups.
• Doris Foley Library for Historical Research…

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