r/legaladvice

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Legal Advice ~ A place to get simple legal advice*

r/legaladvice

A place to ask simple legal questions.

Created Oct 26, 2009

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A place to ask simple legal questions. Advice here is for informational purposes only and should not be considered final or official advice. See a local attorney for the best answer to your questions.

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Get answers to our most common questions, pointers to other sites about the law, and information about finding a lawyer of your own at the /r/legaladvice wiki.
See our list of megathreads before posting your question.
For a list of other location-specific legal subreddits, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, or the EU please see here.
For a more relaxed and humorous meta discussion of the 'legal' advice offered elsewhere on Reddit and the posts here please visit Bestoflegaladvice.
For discussion of hypothetical legal questions, or other off topic law related questions please visit Legaladviceofftopic.
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