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 ​provides open access of these resources to all members of the community.

• The Nevada County Law Library is affiliated with the Nevada County Superior Court. It is not affiliated with the Nevada County Libraries.
• 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. It 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 Facilitator and Small Claims Advisor.
  
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LawHelp Interactive helps you fill out legal documents for free.

It's simple: they 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.

Web pages

• Home - https://lawhelpinteractive.org/
  
  

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.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.lawhelpca.org/
• Law help disaster relief information - https://www.lawhelpca.org/disaster-relief-information
• Pro Bono Net - https://www.probono.net/
  
  

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

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 (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 serves Nevada and Placer counties. Not all services are available in both counties.

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
• Natural disaster outcomes

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

Offices

Phone and fax numbers are the same for both offices and are routed through Auburn. Since the Auburn office is closed on Fridays, there is no way to reach the Nevada City office by phone on Fridays even though that office location is open.

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The Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative (DLAC) offers free legal services to communities in the aftermath of natural disasters.

Web pages

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

Nolo helps consumers and small businesses find answers to their everyday legal and business questions.

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.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nolo.com/

This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may …

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Justice At Last provides free legal representation to survivors, which is client-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive. 

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.


Web pages

• Home -https://www.justiceatlast.org/
• Services - https://www.justiceatlast.org/services​
Resources and Support -https://www.justiceatlast.org/resources

The Nevada County Community Library offers comprehensive public library services to residents of Nevada County.

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
• 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.
• One-on-one tutoring to improve reading and writing skills for individuals age 16 and up.
• Job search resources.
• Book Buddy program to deliver circulation materials to home bound individuals.
• Lawyer in the Library program for free 15-minute meetings with an attorney (PLEASE NOTE: this is a program of the Nevada County Library at the Madelyn…

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