About & editorial standards

Find Local Law is an informational resource that explains legal topics in plain English and matches people with local attorneys. We publish source-cited guides across California, Colorado, Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia, plus federal immigration, and every guide is available in English and Spanish.

We are not a law firm, we do not provide legal advice, and using this site does not create an attorney-client relationship. Any legal advice comes from the independent, licensed attorney you choose to work with.

Our editorial standards

Our goal is simple: explain how a legal process actually works, in language a non-lawyer can follow, and back every factual claim with the primary source so you can check it yourself. We follow these standards on every guide:

• Primary sources first. We rely on the actual statutes, court rules, and official court and agency websites — not on other blogs or summaries.
• Cite everything. Each guide lists its sources with links, and those citations are also embedded in the page's structured data.
• Flag, don't guess. When a figure is amendment-prone or we can't confirm it against a current source, we say so and tell you to confirm the current statute rather than stating a number we're unsure of.
• Plain English, no false certainty. We avoid implying a guide substitutes for a lawyer's judgment about your specific facts.

How we research and verify

Each guide goes through the same process:

1. Identify the controlling law. We find the governing statute, code section, court rule, or official procedure for the specific state and topic.
2. Verify against the primary source. Every figure — dollar thresholds, deadlines, statutory caps, fee schedules, BAC limits, residency periods — is checked against the official text, not a secondary summary.
3. Cite it. We record the exact section and an official link, which appear in the "Sources" box on the guide and in the page's machine-readable citations.
4. Flag what's volatile. Where the law was recently amended or is indexed/adjusted over time (for example, statutory damage caps or guideline thresholds), we describe the rule and direct readers to confirm the current amount.

The sources we use

Depending on the state and topic, our primary sources include:

• Official state codes — the California Family, Civil, Penal, Vehicle, and Probate Codes and Code of Civil Procedure (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov); the Colorado Revised Statutes; the Tennessee Code (T.C.A.); the Florida Statutes; and the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.);
• Official court and judicial-council websites and their self-help resources and forms;
• Federal sources for immigration (USCIS and related agencies); and
• Controlling appellate decisions where a rule comes from case law rather than a statute.

Accuracy, freshness, and limits

Laws and dollar limits change. Every guide shows a "Last reviewed" date, and where a value depends on a date or is adjusted over time, we say so explicitly. We make a genuine effort to be accurate, but legal information is general by nature and your situation may turn on facts or local rules a guide can't capture. This is general information, not legal advice — for advice about your specific situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.

Use of AI

Our guides are researched and drafted with AI assistance and then verified against the primary sources described above. We disclose this plainly. As of now, our guides are prepared by our editorial team and have not been formally reviewed by a licensed attorney; when a guide has been reviewed by an attorney, we will name the reviewer and their credentials on the page rather than imply a review that didn't happen.

Corrections policy

If you find something that's wrong, out of date, or unclear, please tell us — we want to fix it. Email corrections@findlocallaw.com with the page URL and what you believe is incorrect (a link to the controlling source helps). When we receive a report:

• We re-check the claim against the primary source;
• If it's wrong, we correct it promptly and update the guide's "Last reviewed" date; and
• If a correction materially changes the guidance, we note what changed.

How attorney matching works

When you ask to be connected, we match you with a local attorney who handles matters like yours; the consultation and any representation are between you and that attorney. It's free to you and there's no obligation. See how it works or connect with a lawyer.