About NotALawyer
Most legal sites blur what they are. We do the opposite: plain-English legal information written by AI, labeled as AI, cited to primary sources, and dated — so you can check us instead of just trusting us.
These figures come from the same data files that build the site — when the content changes, this page changes with it.
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plain-English answers
Every one cites the statutes and official sources behind it, and every one carries a byline with published and review dates.
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in-depth guides
Free to read on the site or download as PDFs, held to the same citation and byline standard as the answers.
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interactive tools
Deadline finders, calculators, and checklists that show their arithmetic and cite every constant they use. No black boxes.
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That's the byline our answers actually carry — one AI drafts, a second reviews, and both dates are shown. No invented experts, no borrowed faces. When there's no human lawyer behind a page, the page says exactly that.
What we are
A legal information platform. Plain-English explanations of how the law generally works, cited to primary sources — statutes, agency pages, court self-help sites.
An attorney advertising service. A directory of licensed, bar-registered lawyers who pay a flat monthly fee to be listed. You choose who to contact; we don't broker the introduction.
What we're not
Not a law firm. Nobody here represents you, and no page ever implies otherwise.
Not a lawyer referral service. We don't rank, endorse, or steer you toward any lawyer.
Not your attorney. No attorney-client relationship is, or can be, formed by use of this site.
Not legal advice. Only a licensed lawyer reviewing your specific facts can give you that.
Lawyers pay us a flat monthly fee to advertise in the directory. That is the entire business model — the same one stated in the footer of every page, because a site asking for your trust should show you how it gets paid.
No lead fees, no success fees. A listing costs a lawyer the same whether one person calls or a hundred do.
No cut of your legal fees. You pick your own lawyer and pay them directly — no kickbacks, no commissions.
No paid placement in the content. Answers, guides, and tools never change because someone advertises.
Lawyers listed on this site participate in paid advertising. The platform does not recommend or endorse any lawyer and does not operate as a lawyer referral service.
Citations point at the law itself — the statute, the regulation, the official agency page — not at somebody else's summary of it.
Inline citations quote the source's own words and carry the date we verified them, so you can tell fresh from stale at a glance.
When a rule just changed — vacated, withdrawn, blocked in court — the answer carries a dated status check stating what currently applies, with a source for every row.
When we haven't verified a figure for your state, the page says so and links the official source instead of inventing a number.
We explain how the law generally works. We don't decide your case, predict your outcome, or tell you what to do — that boundary is the whole reason the name is honest.
The law changes, and we sometimes get things wrong. If you spot an error or something out of date, tell us — we would rather fix it than defend it.
Ask about the thing you're actually dealing with — an eviction notice, a deposit, a ticket. Look at the answer, the citations, and the byline, then decide what it's worth.