Arkansas Legal HelpLine
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Description
Call HelpLine for Urgent Legal Help
How to Qualify
HelpLine is here to help those in need of urgent legal help. To qualify, you must be an Arkansan [i] who falls within our income guidelines. You must also call about a civil matter; criminal issues (such as traffic tickets) and fee-generating cases (such as those involving personal injury) are not acceptable reasons to call HelpLine.
How to Call
- If you are not sure whether your issue is a civil one, or are unsure if you fall within our income guidelines, please call and let HelpLine guide you.
- You must call on your own behalf, not someone else’s.
- Please, gather documents and facts relevant to your call before calling, so we can help you as quickly as possible.
- Hours by county
- Number to call
Eligible Issues
- Consumer matters
- Contract disputes
- Debt relief
- Disability rights
- Domestic abuse
- Employment rights
- End-of-life instructions
- Evictions
- Garnishments
- Guardianships
- Landlord and tenant disputes
- Orders of protection
- Powers of attorney
- Public benefits (Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, Transitional Employment Assistance [TEA], Supplemental Security Income [SSI], child care, and subsidized housing)
- Wills
Introduction
The Center for Arkansas Legal Services and Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc., are nonprofit organizations that provide free legal help to low-income Arkansans.
If you need help with a legal problem, have a question you think a lawyer should answer, or have been sued and do not know where to turn, call the helpline.
Helpline: 1-800-9-LAW-AID (1-800-952-9243) or 501-376-3423
We serve all counties in Arkansas. Use the contact information on this fact sheet to apply for free legal aid.
Types of Cases
We provide free civil legal services (non-criminal cases). There are many types of civil cases we handle.
Some examples by topic:
- family law: adoptions, custody, visitation, guardianships
- elder law: garnish of social security, housing issues
- consumer or debt: bankruptcies, debt collection defense
- public benefits: SSI appeals
- housing law: landlord-tenant, public housing cases, foreclosures
- other non-criminal issues
Income Limits
There are income limits. We provide free legal aid to low-incomes Arkansans. You can view our financial eligibility guidelines at arlegalservices.org/guidelines.
Hours of Operation by County
If you live in the below counties or have a legal problem in the below counties, you can apply for legal help online at arlegalservices.org/applyonline.
Counties
Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, Union, White, Yell
Call: 501-376-3423 or 1-800-950-5817
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Counties
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Newton, Phillips, Poinsett, Randolph, St. Francis, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, Van Buren, Washington, Woodruff
Call: 1-800-9-LAW-AID (1-800-952-9243)
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Tuesday
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
5:15 p.m.–7:15 p.m.
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