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1. Overview

This Website contains links to many full-text, primary documents such as statutes, cases, and regulations for California, the United States and beyond. There are links to reference materials, legal forms, areas of specific legal interest, and local, state, and federal government agencies.

"A free public law library providing access to general legal resources to the citizens of Mendocino County."

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Mendocino County Courthouse 100 N. State Street, Room 307 Ukiah, California 95482	Phone: 1-707-463-4201 Email: lawlib@pacific.net

2. Codes and Statutes

California Statutory Law and Legislative Information

Constitution: California Constitution
Legislature: California Bill Information - Current bills (back to '93) including text, status, history, votes
Legislature: California Leg. Counsel - Official site for Legislative Information
Legislature: California Leg. History
Legislature: California Leg. Live Hearings
Legislature: California State Senate - Directory and Calendar
Regulations: Regulatory Research Guide - Reconstructing Regulatory History & Intent

Federal Statutes & Legislature

Code: U.S. Code - Search by citation of keywords
Constitution: U.S. Constitution
Legislature: U.S. House of Representatives - Directories, Calendar, Roll Calls
Legislature: U.S. Senate - Directories, Calendar, Roll Calls
Legislature: Leg. History Guide - How to compile a legislative history. Access via the Hastings Law Library Search Database

Other States Codes, Statutes, Legislative Information

Constitutions, Statutes, and Legislative Information - By State
Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online
Rules of Conduct Governing Lawyers - Contains both the Codes or Rules by State
State and Local Governments on the Net
State Statutes on the Internet by Topic
Uniform Commercial Code Locator by State
Uniform Probate Code Locator by State
Uniform Rules of Evidence Locator
Uniform Matrimonial, Family, and Health Laws Locator
Uniform Business and Financial Laws Locator

3. Courts and Case Law

Court & Case Info

Appellate Court Case Information
Calif. Supreme & Appellate Court Opinions - From 100 days to 160 days ago
Calif. Supreme & Appellate Court Opinions - Full text from Oct. 1996 to 60 hours ago
Calif. Supreme & Appellate Court Opinions - JuriSearch - a "for-fee" database
California Cases - Versuslaw - a "for-fee" database
Judicial Council of California - Administrative Office of the Courts
California Rules of Court - from the Judicial Council

California County Websites

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Home Page - Opinions, Calendar, Court Rules
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - Legal Information Institute
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - Findlaw
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions: Selected Historic Decisions
U.S. Supreme Court Justices

U.S. Courts of Appeal

U.S. District Courts

(Not many opinions are available.)

Federal Court Directories/Rules

PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records
U.S. Courts Home Page - U. S. Federal Judiciary Office
Federal Court Rules

Other States Courts/Rules

Other States Cases

California Attorney General Opinions

California Attorney General Opinions

Jury Instructions

4. Forms

California Judicial Council Forms
California Legal Forms -Links to Cal. forms from FindLaw
California Secretary of State
- Domestic Partnerships Forms
Legal Forms - From 'Lectric Law Library
Legal Forms - From U.S. Legal Forms
Tax Forms - California
Tax Forms - Federal

5. Government Agencies/Documents

Federal & State Government Agencies

California Government Agency Index - Links to all the State Agencies.
- Attorney General of California
- CDF
  - CDF Major Incident Current Info
- Department of Corporations
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- Emergency Digital Information - Latest Bulletins for California.
- Franchise Tax Board
- Governor Gavin Newsom
- Governor's Office of Emergency Services
- Secretary of State
  - California Vital Records Information
- State Public Defender
- Write Your Elected Officials
California Government Page from the Library of Congress. - State/Local Government Links.
California State Home Page - General state information.

California Cities and Counties

Municode - More municipal codes.
Bay Area County Governments and Regional On-Line Sites
California State Association of Counties

Federal Agencies

Federal Toll Free Numbers
U. S. Government Manual - Federal Government Directory.
Federal Agency Locator - Over 600 links to Federal web sites.
- Department of Justice
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
  - Internet Fraud Complaint Center - FBI web site provides a mechanism for victims of Internet fraud to report fraud on-line – where it occurred – to the appropriate law enforcement and regulatory authorities.
- Internal Revenue Service
- National Archives and Records Administration - General Information.
- Office of Management and Budget
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Social Security On Line
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Postal Service - Administrative Decisions
- White House - Links to Administrative Agencies, Cabinet Members.

Government Documents

Federal Statistics - Statistical data from over 70 federal agencies
FedWorld Information Network - Search engines to Government Documents
U.S. Constitution - With hypertext notes

Federal Register

Federal Register

Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations

Other States and Local Governments

State Resources - Links also include municipal codes
Municode - More municipal codes
Arizona: State of Arizona Home Page
Nevada: State of Nevada Home Page
Oregon: Oregon Online - Official Website for the State of Oregon

6. Local Links

Mendocino County:

Mendocino County Home Page
Agency Directory
CHP Traffic Incident Information Page
City of Ukiah
City of Willits - from the Willits Chamber of Commerce.
Earthquakes - Recent in California & Nevada
Economic Development Guide
Mendocino College
Mendocino County Library
Museum
Planning Information

Local Agencies/Groups

Pinoleville Pomo Nation

Send us your agency/group link to lawlib@pacific.net

7. Reference

General References

Bar: American Bar Association
Bar: State Bar of California
Census - U.S. Census Bureau.
Citing: Basic Legal Citation
Currency Converter
Dictionary
Dictionary: 150 Languages
Dictionary: Legal
Dictionary: Merriam-Webster
EDGAR Database
Encyclopedia: Legal
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
Federal Express: Fedex Package Tracking Site
Guide to Law Online- Annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress. International, Multinational, Nations of the World, and United States.
Kelly Blue Book Values- Calculate used car values.
Lawyer Locator: State Bar of California Member Records Online
Maps: Maps of the U.S. - Mapquest
Maps: World Maps - National Geographic.
Merck Manual
Robert’s Rules of Order
Social Security Death File Index
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Sunrise and Sunset Finder
Thesaurus: Roget's
UPS - United Parcel Service
USPS - United States Postal Service
Vital Records: California Information
Writing: Elements of Style - By Strunk & White.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. Zip Code Look-up

Reference Mega-Sites

General Reference - Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
General Reference - Martindale's - The Reference Desk
General Reference - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

State & Local Bar Associations

Telephone Directories

Area Code Lookup
FindLaw Reverse Lookup
Phone Directory - AnyWho
Phone Directory - SuperPages
International Phone Directory - Teldir
Phone Directory - Infospace, some international
Phone Directory - International numbers
Phone Directory - Ultimate White Pages
Reverse Phone Directory

News Sources

ABC News
BBC
C-SPAN
CBS News
CNN
Court TV
Fox News
KGO - San Francisco
LA Times
Legal News - From FindLaw
Modesto Bee
MSNBC
News.com
NPR-National Public Radio
New York Times
Newspapers On-line - Scroll down, pick a State
Press Democrat - Santa Rosa
Reuters
San Francisco Chronicle
Ukiah Daily Journal
USA Today
U.S.News
Washington Post
Willits News
Wired News

Libraries and Library Catalogs

Books Books Books

Advanced Book Exchange
Amazon Books
Bibliomania: The Network Library - Full-text fiction and reference
BookBrowser
BookFinder.com
Powell's Bookstore
Project Gutenberg - Full-text books in the public domain
Nolo Press - Legal information, books, software and forms

8. Search Help

Find What You're Looking For Online - Primer for Legal Research from FindLaw.
You may also search Law Topics gathered into larger categories.

Mega Legal Sites

Explore to find your favorite place to start!

Attorney's Toolbox
FindForms
FindLaw
Free Advice Web Page
LawGuru
LawIdea
Legal Information Institute - From Cornell Law School
'Lectric Law Library
Nolo - Self-Help Law Center

9. Legal Self-Help

California Courts Self-Help Center
California Indian Legal Services
LawHelp California - Find Legal Information in California
Self-Help Law Center - From Nolo Press

10. Understanding the Courts

Courts: California - How to Use the Court System.
Courts: Federal - Understanding the Federal Court System.
Legal Dictionary
Legal Encyclopedia - From Nolo Press.
Small Claims Courts Information Center.
Vocabulary: Glossary of Terms
Vocabulary: Jurisdictionary - Fundamentals of the U.S. Legal System.
Vocabulary: What does it mean? Where does it fit?

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