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Describe your situation in your own words. CalLaw asks what it needs to know, then shows you the California laws that apply to you, explained simply and quoted from the official text.
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How it works
From “what just happened?” to the exact law, in about a minute.
Tell us what happened
Write it the way you'd tell a friend. No legal words needed. “My landlord raised the rent without telling me” is perfect.
Answer a few quick questions
If a detail changes which law applies (your lease type, a date, an amount), CalLaw asks. Most answers are one tap.
See the law that applies to you
A plain-English explanation of your situation, the exact California laws behind it quoted word-for-word, and practical next steps.
Features
Built to be understood, and built to be right.
Asks before it answers
Up to three short questions, only the ones that change the answer, with tap-to-answer options.
Quotes the actual law
Every answer shows the exact words of the statute, checked by the system character-for-character.
Every citation verified, live
Each law is fetched from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov when you ask. Made-up citations are thrown out.
Honest when there's no law
If no California statute covers it, or it's federal law, CalLaw says so and points you to real help.
Practical next steps
What to ask for in writing, what to keep as evidence, and what could change the answer.
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Why trust it
It shows its work, so you never have to take its word for it.
AI can sound confident and still be wrong. CalLaw is designed so it can't make up the law: it only explains statutes it has just retrieved from the Legislature's official website, and every quote and citation is checked by code before you see it.
1.Proposes the laws that may apply
Across all 29 California codes and the Constitution.
2.Verifies each one on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Citations that don't exist are rejected.
3.Explains using only the verified text
Quotes must match the official wording exactly.
4.Says so when there's no law
And points you to self-help centers and legal aid.
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