Protect your rights or get the help you need, without a lawyer.
Sometimes you can fix your legal problem yourself. Here are forms, on-line applications, and information that may help you handle your problem. Some legal problems have deadlines which must be met or you lose your rights. You might need Adobe Acrobat reader for some information. To download this free software, click here.
There are 14 resources
Avoid Investment Fraud
(Separate Website)
Helpful things to know to avoid investment fraud. Information from the National Crime Prevention Council.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Avoid Telemarketing Scams
(Separate Website)
Find out how to deal with scam artists who use telemarketing to steal or rip you off.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Better Business Bureau Auto Line
(Separate Website)
Click for information about the Better Business Bureau's page "Consumer Help with a Lemon Law Complaint or Vehicle Defect." The site also has information about filing a complaint with its AUTO LINE system.
By: Better Business Bureau
Charitable Giving Done Wisely
(Separate Website)
Tips for making sure your charity dollars are going where you want them to go. Tips from the National Crime Prevention Council.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
Consumer Action Handbook
(Separate Website)
Order FREE 2007 Consumer Action Handbook - help with your consumer problems and complaints.
By: Consumer Action Website-Federal Citizen Information Center
Other Formats:
PDF File
Consumer Action Website
(Separate Website)
Federal agency website with lots of consumer information and resources.
By: Federal Citizen Information Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
File a Consumer Fraud Complaint
(Separate Website)
Online complaint to the Louisiana Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section.
By: Office of the Louisiana Attorney General
Filing a Credit-Related Civil Rights Complaint
(Separate Website)
Where and how to file.
By: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Lemon Law and Buying a Car
(Separate Website)
Information about Louisiana's Lemon Law, and advice for avoiding problems when you buy a new car, from the Louisiana Attorney General's "Consumer Notebook" on the Web.
By: Louisiana Attorney General
Louisiana Desk Manual - Consumer Law Chapter 2005 Strategies for Representing Consumers
By: Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center & New Orleans Legal Assistance (an office of Southeast La. Legal Services)
Report Fraud to the Federal Trade Commission
(Separate Website)
Your complaint can lead to law enforcement action. The FTC investigates Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints.
By: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Report Insurance Fraud
(Separate Website)
Online reporting form for all kinds of insurance fraud (worker's compensation, auto liability, health, etc.).
By: Louisiana Department of Insurance
Spot a Con Artist
(Separate Website)
How to spot a con artist trying to rip you off -- information from the National Crime Prevention Council.
By: National Crime Prevention Council
The Mediation Center
(Separate Website)
See this information from Loyola University School of Law, which has a mediation clinic.
By: Loyola University New Orleans
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PDF File
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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