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HURRICANE LEGAL HELP
 Copyright 2004 by James W. Martin. All rights reserved.
 


 



Hurricane Legal Help gives Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne victims, volunteer lawyers, attorneys, and other Florida residents links to web sites that provide legal help, legal aid, legal assistance, legal information, and advice. This web site provides a quick way to find legal information for hurricane relief and laws without having to search through many other web sites because this site is specific to legal matters affecting Hurricane Charley Florida residents, law, and lawyers. This web site is not intended as legal advice and no attorney-client relationship is created by this site.


Hurricane Info:
NatlHurricaneCenter or PlymouthStateUniv
Hurricane Charley's path (St. Pete. Times)(PDF)
Hire Licensed Contractors: State article (PDF)

Volunteer to help
 
This site was last updated on 9/5/04. 

B A R   A S S O C I A T I O N S  &  L E G A L   A I D
You  can use these free links to find a lawyer.  If you cannot afford a lawyer, a
legal aid society may be able to provide one for you or call 1-866-550-2929.
If you are a lawyer and want to volunteer, send an email to anewberry@flabar.org

 L O S T  
P A P E R S

You can use these
 links to replace
lost records.

S T A T E
  G O V ' T

You can use
these links to
find state agencies.

F E D   G O V ' T
You can use these links to
find federal agencies.

L A W  &  N E W S
You can use these links
to search for laws & news.


Florida Statutes
Brevard (321) 636-3515 Florida Law Help.org The Florida Bar Brevard Birth & death certs. MyFlorida.com DisasterHelp.gov FloridaAdminCode
Charlotte (239) 334-6118 FlaLegalServices, Inc. Hurricane Page
How to Volunteer
Charlotte Social Security Map Rules of Procedure
DeSoto (239) 334-6118 Fla.Immigrant Advocacy LOMAS DeSoto Official Records Insurance Dept
 1-800-227-8676
FEMA
1-800-621-FEMA (3362)
Hardee (941) 688-7376 Fla.RuralLegal Hardee DMV FloridaDisaster.org    
Lake (352) 343-0815 FLAdvocate.org 1-800-342-8011 Lake Passports FlaDivEmergMgmt
1-800-342-3557

I N S U R E R S


Newslink.org
Lee (239) 334-6118 LawProgram.org Volunteer Lawyers
1-866-550-2929
Lee IRS DeptAgri&Consumer
1-800-HELP FLA
Radio Stations
Osceola (407) 847-0053   Bar Pamphlets Osceola College Transcript Fla House Reps State Farm 1-800-732-5246 Television Stations
Orange (407) 841-8310     Orange HS Transcript Agency Workforce Innovation Allstate 1-800-54-STORM
Polk (941) 688-7376     Polk Voter Registration FDLE   St.Pete. Times
Sarasota (941) 366-1746     Sarasota Military Records Hartford 1-800-243-5860 News-Press
Seminole (407)322-8983     Seminole FS 71.01 Reeestablish Price Gouging Hotline
1-800-646-0444
Geico 1-800-841-3000  
Volusia (386) 255-6573     Volusia FS 705.103 Abandoned   MetLife
1-800-854-6011
 

 C O N T R A C T O R S
You can use these links to get information on contractors.

H E L P E R S
You can use these links to find private help.

Fla. Insurance Council  
ConstrIndustryLicenseBd
(904) 727-6530
BlueCross BlueShield  
Corps Div Searches State License Search
850-488-6603
Better Business Bureau
Post-Disaster Scams
Church organizations RedCross
1-800-HELP-NOW
Salvation Army
1-800-996-ARMY
United Healthcare  

C O U N T Y  & C I T Y   G O V E R N M E N T  W E B   S I T ES
You can use these free links to find a local government agency that provides provides legal-related services
 such as certified copies of documents, re-establishing lost or destroyed documents, filing lawsuits, investigating and prosecuting crimes, etc.

Brevard City Links Police Depts Brevard County Property
Appraisers
Brevard Brevard (18th Cir.) Brevard (18th Cir.)
Charlotte Arcadia Arcadia Charlotte Brevard Charlotte Charlotte (20th Cir.) Charlotte (20th Cir.)
DeSoto Bartow Bartow DeSoto Charlotte DeSoto DeSoto (12th Cir.) DeSoto (12th Cir.)
Hardee Bokeelia Bokeelia Hardee DeSoto Hardee Hardee (10th Cir.) Hardee (10th Cir.)
Lake Cape Coral Cape Coral Lake Hardee Lake Lake (5th Cir.) Lake (5th Cir.)
Lee Cleveland Cleveland Lee Lake Lee Lee (20th Cir.) Lee (20th Cir.)
Osceola Daytona Beach Daytona Beach Osceola Lee Osceola Osceola (9th Cir.) Osceola (9th Cir.)
Orange Deltona Deltona Orange Osceola Orange Orange (9th Cir.) Orange (9th Cir.)
Polk Dundee Dundee Polk Orange Polk Polk (10th Cir.) Polk (10th Cir.)
Sarasota Ft. Meade Ft. Meade Sarasota Polk Sarasota Sarasota (12th Cir.) Sarasota (12th Cir.)
Seminole Ft. Myers Ft. Myers Seminole Sarasota Seminole Seminole (18th Cir.) Seminole (18th Cir.)
Volusia Frostproof Frostproof Volusia Seminole Volusia Volusia (7th Cir.) Volusia (7th Cir.)
  Haines City Haines City   Volusia      
  Kissimmee Kissimmee       Fla Supreme Court  
  Lakeland Lakeland       Emergency Ops (PDF)  
  Lake Wales Lake Wales          
  Orlando Orlando          
  Oviedo Oviedo        
  Port Charlotte Port Charlotte        
  Punta Gorda Punta Gorda        
  Sanford Sanford        
  Sanibel Sanibel        
  St. James St. James        
  Wauchula Wauchula        
  Winter Haven Winter Haven        
  Winter Park Winter Park        
  Zolfo Springs Zolfo Springs