Law Links

• STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGENCY LIST
  www.ca.gov/s/search/
  Use this site as an index to California agencies, departments, licensing boards and commissions.
  
  
• STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA
  www.calsb.org
  Check membership records for license and disciplinary actions for California attorneys.
  
  
• CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSING BOARD
  www.cslb.ca.gov
  Check license and disciplinary status of contractors.
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE
  www.dre.cahwnet.gov
  Check license and disciplinary status of real estate brokers, mortgage brokers, and real estate salespersons.
  
  
• SECRETARY OF STATE
  www.ss.ca.gov/business
  Check on corporate status, active corporations, names, articles of incorporation, financing and tax lien information, uniform commercial code provisions and information about limited partnerships and limited liability companies.
  
  
• STATE COURT JUDICIAL COUNCIL FORMS
  www.courtinfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/forms.cgi
  Review, download, or print mandatory and discretionary pleading and court forms including form unlawful detainer complaints, answers, small claims forms, post-judgment forms, abstracts, writs, summons, and family law forms. (Note that it is recommended that you consult an attorney before filing any pleadings other than small claims documents.)
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
  www.dca.ca.gov
  License status, consumer information and complaint procedures for Bureau of Automotive Repairs, Barbering and Cosmetology, accountancy, funeral services, and many other professions.
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
  www.dmv.ca.gov
  Information regarding vehicle and drivers’ licensing, registration, office locations, smog requirements, license suspensions, title transfer and salvage procedures and insurance requirements.
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
  www.insurance.ca.gov
  Complaint procedures and other consumer information regarding insurance.
  
  
• SMALL CLAIMS INFORMATION CENTER
  www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/trial/smallclaims
  Information, forms, procedures, and links to assist non-lawyers in the prosecution or defense of small claims proceedings.
  
  
• ACADEMY OF CALIFORNIA ADOPTION ATTORNEYS        
  www.acal.org
  
  
• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ADOPTION ATTORNEYS        
  www.adoptionattorneys.org  
         
  
• NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL ON ADOPTABLE CHILDREN
  http://members.aol.com/nacac          
  
  
• RESOLVE, INC.        
  www.resolve.org  
         
  
• PACT:  AN ADOPTION ALLIANCE        
  www.pactadopt.org