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Finding Legal Aid | Other Links to Legal Information

 

Consumer Law Guide  from the Maine Attorney General

• How to Enforce Your Consumer Rights
  
• Consumer Contracts in Maine
  
• The Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act
  
• Consumer Goods and Maine Express and Implied Warranty Laws
  
• Consumer Rights If You Are Sold Defective Goods or Services
  
• Consumer Rights If Your New Car Is Defective
  
• The Maine Lemon Law and State Arbitration
  
• Leasing or Buying a New Car
  
• Consumer Rights When You Buy a Used Car
  
• Consumer Rights Concerning Odometer Tampering and Your Vehicle Title
  
• Consumer Rights When Repairing Your Car
  
• Consumer Rights When You Order By Mail or Telephone
  
• Consumer Rights When a Salesperson Contacts You at Home
  
• Consumer Rights When You Rent an Apartment
  
• Consumer Rights When You Live in a Mobile Home
  
• Attorney General's Model Landlord Residential Lease
  
• Consumer Rights When Constructing or Repairing Your Home
  
• Attorney General's Model Home Construction Contract
  
• Consumer Home Heating Rights
  
• Consumer Rights When You Buy a Home
  
• Consumer Rights and the Elderly
  
• Consumer Rights and Multi-Level Marketing (Pyramid) Schemes
  
• Consumer Rights and a Bankrupt Business
  
• Consumer Rights and Advertising
  
• Consumer Rights and Charitable Solicitations
  
• Consumer Rights and Credit Sales
  
• A Consumer 's Guide to Small Claims Court
  
• How to Avoid Mail Order and Telephone Fraud
  
• Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Rights
  
• Consumer Assistance Resources (Phone Numbers)
  

Maine Courts: Superior Judicial, Superior and District Courts

Find a Court with driving directions

Maine Department of Corrections includes a sex offender registry search

Uniform Crime Reports: FBI cites annual statistics on various types of crimes committed across the nation.

Maine Lawyer Web Pages from Cleaves Law Library

Maine State Bar Association Lawyer Referral and Information Service will provide referrals (for a fee) or free information.

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory lets you search for lawyers by name, location, or specialty

Findlaw lets you search for lawyers by name, location, or specialty. It is also one of the best known and most popular legal info links

 

Finding a Law Library

Maine State Law Library "serves the public by providing legal and governmental information services, without discrimination, to the people of Maine, their government, and the legal community."

Cleaves Law Library, the library of the Cumberland County Bar Association

 

Finding Laws

Maine Revised Statutes

Legislative Bulletin

Regulations of the Maine State Departments and Agencies

Maine Legislative Documents(bills under consideration in Augusta)

Legislative Documents and Carryover Update List

United States Code

Code of Federal Regulations

NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement

Internet Law Library

CongreSearch ( tutorials to find Congressional materials in the Library and on the Internet)

 

Finding Legal Aid

If you have low income, you may be able to get free or inexpensive legal aid from one of these agencies:

Legal Services for the Elderly

Volunteer Lawyers Project

Pine Tree Legal Assistance provides legal services to low income people. On their website you can find a number of their client education publications, covering rights of tenants, protection from abuse, protection from harassment, and several other topics.

 

Finding other links to legal information

Around the Web in Eighty Minutes: 88 links for legal and factual research, linked from the Pine Tree Legal Assistance website :

• Maine Law Sites
• Other State Law Sites
• Federal Law Sites
• Consumer Fraud Reporting
• Consumer Law
• Disability Law
• Education Law
• Elder Law
• Employment Law
• Family Law
• Health Law
• Housing Law
• Immigration Law
• Social Security
• Welfare Law