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California Law - Legal Lawyer Links
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Summary of New California Laws for 2010
Summary of New California Criminal Laws for 2010
AB 14 A motor vehicle can be declared be a public nuisance and impounded for up to 30 days when the motor vehicle is used in the commission of specified crimes related to prostitution.
AB 58 Now an Infraction to participate in a betting pool with less than $2,500 at stake.
AB 91 New "Ignition Interlock Device" Law requires first-time DUI offenders to install a device in their vehicles in a test program in Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Tulare counties.
AB 532 will allow police to obtain a search warrant to seize guns or other deadly weapons from within a house after a report of domestic violence or mental health incident.
SB598 will give a repeat DUI offender the opportunity to apply for a restricted driver license with an ignition interlock device placed on their vehicle.
SB 748 would provide that no person, state or local public agency, or private entity shall post the home address, the telephone number, or personal identifying information that discloses the location of any witness or witness family member participating in the Witness Relocation and Assistance Program (WRAP) with the intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence against that witness or witness' family member.
AB 750 gives courts the ability to offer a deferred entry of judgment "DEJ" instead of jail time for minor offenses.
AB 962 requires gun sellers to record sales of ammunition, and requires the fingerprinting and identification of the purchaser.
We hope that the following California law and legal lawyer links may be helpful to you. If you know of a web site that we should add to our list or if you find a dead California legal lawyer or law link, please contact us so that we may share those California law resources with our other clients and the public.
LEGAL LINKS
LEGAL RESEARCH LINKS for California law and lawyers
ABA Lawlink - legal research selected starting points
http://www.lawtechnology.org/lawlink/home.html
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union - Freedom Network http://www.aclu.org/
California Law - Easy site to look up all 29 Codes and Constitution listing of other state and federal sites
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
California State Court Information - Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal Opinions, rules and forms
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
CalLaw - The complete daily briefing on California law and the Courts
http://www.callaw.com/
CataLaw - Links to legal subject areas by topic or region. http://www.catalaw.com/
Cornell University Legal Information Institute – Daily U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the Constitution of the United States. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html
Findlaw – A comprehensive site arranged by subject and incorporates primary federal and state information, including cases and statutes and court forms. http://www.findlaw.com/
FIRST GOV - Federal site for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information with links to all federal government sites. http://www.usa.gov/
Heiros Gamos - A comprehensive law and government portal
http://www.hg.org/
ILRG - Internet Legal Resource Guide - Categorized index of 3000 legal web pages
http://www.ilrg.com/
Jurist: The Legal Information Network – University of Pittsburgh School of Law site directed to law professors and students.
http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/
LLRX.COM – Launched by librarians, this site offers valuable but obscure information, as well as legal content tied to current events. http://www.llrx.com/
Municipal Codes for California Cities: http://california.lp.findlaw.com/ca01_codes/municode.html
RefDesk.com - The single best source for facts on the nethttp://www.refdesk.com/
Thomas - U.S. Library of Congress legislative information
http://www.loc.gov/
United States Code
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
Federal Government Agencies
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms – A.T.F. http://www.atf.treas.gov/
Drug Enforcement Administration – D.E.A. http://www.dea.gov/
Office of National Drug Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Federal Aviation Administration – F.A.A. http://www.faa.gov/
Federal Bureau of Investigation – F.B.I. http://www.fbi.gov/
Federal Judicial Center - http://www.fjc.gov/
Federal Sentencing Guidelines – http://www.ussc.gov/1998guid/tabcon98.htm
Federal Sentencing Table – http://www.ussc.gov/1998guid/Sentable.htm
Federal Courts – http://www.uscourts.gov/
Food & Drug Administration – F.D.A. http://www.fda.gov/
Department of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/
Immigration & Naturalization Services – I.N.S. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
Internal Revenue Service – I.R.S. http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – N.H.T.S.A. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Securities Exchange Commission – S.E.C. http://www.sec.gov/
Securities Investor Protection Corporation – S.I.P.C. http://www.sipc.org/
U.S. Courts – Central District - California/
United States Sentencing Commission
United States and California Courts
Supreme Court of the United States http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
The Federal Judiciary - United States Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/
California State Court Information - Supreme Court and Courts Of Appeal opinions, court rules and county court locations
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov
Administrative Office of the Courts Center for Families, Children & the Courts. A new web site that provides information on family and juvenile law and the legal process.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc
California Courts of Appeal
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/about.htm
Appellate Counselor - Judicial Profiles - Capsule biographies of Justices on California and Federal Appellate Courts
http://www.appellate-counsellor.com/judges.htm
Los Angeles County Bar Association - Legal Links
http://www.lacba.org/showpage.cfm?pageid=33
Kern County (Bakersfield Municipal) Court
http://www.kern.courts.ca.gov/
Los Angeles County Unified Courts
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/
Riverside County Superior Court
http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/
San Bernardino County Courts
http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/courts/
San Diego County Superior Court
http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/portal/page?_pageid=53,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
San Luis Obispo County Court
http://www.slocourts.net/
Ventura County Superior Court
http://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/
California Law - California & Local Government Agencies
California Alcoholic Beverages Control Board – A.B.C. - http://www.abc.ca.gov/
California Department of Corrections - http://www.cdc.state.ca.us/
California Department of Fish & Game - http://www.dfg.ca.gov/
California Highway Patrol – C.H.P. - http://www.chp.ca.gov/
California Department of Justice - http://caag.state.ca.us/
California Department of Justice - DOJ Firearms Division - Assault Weapons Registration Informationhttp://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/regs/sb23indx.htm
California Medical Board - http://www.medbd.ca.gov/
California Department of Motor Vehicles – D.M.V.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/
The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Divisions_Boards/DJJ/About_DJJ/FAQs.html , formerly known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), is a division of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Kern County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.co.kern.ca.us/sheriff/
LAPD – Los Angeles Police Department - Jail and custody questions - obtaining police information - How to get a copy of a criminal record
http://www.lapdonline.org/faqs
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department - LASD Online Arrestee Booking Information,
http://www.lasd.org/
Orange County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.ocsd.org/
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.co.riverside.ca.us/sheriff
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/sheriff
San Diego County Sheriff's Department - Who's In Jail - Inmate Log
http://www.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.slosheriff.org/
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.sbsheriff.org/
Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Emergency Contacts http://www.rain.org/~medmall/resources/community/emergency_local/
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.vcsd.org/
Associations
American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice - http://www.cacjweb.org/public/
California Public Defenders Association - http://www.cpda.org/
California Legal Aid Association - http://www.calegaladvocates.org/
California Bail Agents Association - "How Bail Works" Summary of release options
California State Bar
http://www.calbar.org
Los Angeles County Bar Association
http://www.lacba.org
Orange County Bar Association
http://www.ocbar.org/
Riverside County Bar Association http://riversidecountybar.com/
San Bernardino County Bar Association http://sbcba.org/index.htm
San Diego County Bar Association http://www.sdcba.org/
Ventura County Bar Association http://www.vcba.org/
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