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Know your rights. Ask for a lawyer. Use the official page.

One navigator for all 56 states, D.C., and the inhabited territories. A federal floor, a case map you can keep on this device, and every volume’s law library, clocks, forms, and .gov doors — published as myiowarights.grok.me or myiarights.grok.me, myalabamarights.grok.me / myalrights.grok.me, and so on. Both the name and the postal abbreviation open the same volume.

I have a court case

Name the stage and the facts. Ask for a lawyer. Keep a personal checklist and clocks on this device only.

Something just happened

Police stop, eviction, wages, benefits, records — start from the situation, not the code title.

I need the official papers

Law library, forms, and every .gov door. Court rules and statutes stay in different books.

Start from a situation

I was arrested or I am in jailI have a court dateI cannot afford a lawyerI was stopped by policePolice want to search my car or homeI was served papers or need to answer a lawsuitI received an eviction noticeI need a protective orderI need to appeal a court orderI need to register or check my voter fileMy rental is unsafe or unrepairedI was not paid what I earnedI lost my job and need the next stepA hospital turned me awayA school is disciplining or not accommodating a studentI was scammed or a collector is harassing meI need government recordsI want to protest or record in publicA place of public accommodation is inaccessibleMy benefits were denied or cut offI have questions about immigration enforcement

Topics

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Constitution & civil rights

Charter, equal protection, due process

The U.S. Constitution is the floor. Your state constitution can add rights; it cannot take away federal ones.

Police & stops

Stops, searches, silence, recording

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rules apply in every jurisdiction. State constitutions and court rules add procedure on top.

Voting & elections

Register, ID, ballots, restoration

Federal law sets a floor for citizens 18 and over. Each state and territory runs its own registration, ID, and felony-restoration rules — always confirm on Vote.gov.

Housing & tenants

Eviction, repairs, fair housing

The Fair Housing Act is national. Lease, notice, and eviction clocks are state (and sometimes city) law. Open the official landlord-tenant chapter, not a random code title.

Work & wages

Pay, discrimination, unemployment

Federal wage, safety, and civil-rights statutes apply nationwide. Many states add a higher minimum wage, paid leave, or a human-rights agency.

Family & safety

Protective orders, custody, DV

Protective-order forms and custody rules are local. The national domestic-violence hotline and legal-aid offices are the fast path to a real form.

Health care

Emergency care, privacy, coverage

EMTALA, HIPAA, and the ACA set a federal floor. Medicaid and state insurance marketplaces are run locally.

Schools & students

Discipline, special education, Title IX

Title IX, IDEA, FERPA, and the Constitution apply in public schools. State codes add compulsory attendance, discipline, and records rules.

Consumer & scams

Fraud, debt, warranties

File with your attorney general and with the FTC. Debt collectors also answer to the CFPB and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Public records

FOIA, open meetings, court files

Federal FOIA covers federal agencies. Every state has its own public-records and open-meetings statute — they are not the same book as court rules.

Courts & legal aid

Counsel, forms, e-file, appeals

You have a right to appointed counsel in most criminal prosecutions. Civil cases use legal aid, court forms, and short appeal clocks in the court rules — never in a random code chapter.

Speech & protest

Assembly, permits, recording

The First Amendment is the floor in every public forum. Time, place, and manner rules and wiretap statutes are state-specific.

Disability rights

ADA, school, housing, voting

The ADA, Section 504, Fair Housing, and the Voting Rights Act apply nationwide. Each state also funds a Protection & Advocacy system.

Benefits & income

SNAP, Medicaid, unemployment, SSI

Federal programs are administered by states. Appeal clocks on denial letters are short — read the notice and the official agency page the same day.

Immigration

Status, enforcement, benefits

Immigration status is federal. States still control many licenses, in-state tuition, and local-police policies. Use official DHS/DOJ pages, not rumor.

Federal desk

Nationwide official doors. Every state volume still applies on top of these.

USA.govUSA.gov — state & territorial governmentsVote.govConstitution AnnotatedUnited States CodeFederal rules of practice & procedureSupreme Court of the United StatesDOJ Civil Rights DivisionFOIA.govHUD Fair HousingEEOCDepartment of LaborFTCCFPBADA.govU.S. Courts — pro se formsFind legal aid (LSC)LawHelp.orgFind my attorney general (NAAG)

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