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Foreclosure
Overview of Foreclosures - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Tenants' Rights in Foreclosed on Properties - Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
Foreclosure Research Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Foreclosure Prevention - LawHelpCalifornia
Sued by Credit Card Company
Problems with Money - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Collection of Credit Card Debt - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
How to Respond to a Credit Card Case - Research Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Consumer & Small Claims - LawHelpCalifornia
What Can I do if I Can't Pay my Debts? - State Bar of California Pamphlet
Paying/Failure to Pay the Judgment
Paying the Judgment - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Requesting Installment Payments - Step by Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Are You Judgment Proof? - Research Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Exemptions from Enforcement of Judgment - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Collecting Money When You Win a Lawsuit
Collecting the Judgment - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Enforcement of Judgments - Research Guide - Sacramento County Law Library
Collecting and Resisting Court Judgments - Research Guides - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Get Information about the Debtor's Assets - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Sample Questions to Ask a Debtor - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Ways to Collect from the Debtor - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Discover the Judgment Debtor's Assets - Step by Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Adding Costs and Interest to a Judgment - Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
For Tenants
Guide to Evictions for Tenants - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Eviction Forms - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Landlord/Tenant: For Tenants - Virtual Self Help Law Center (Contra Costa County)
What Should I Know Before I Rent? - State Bar of California Pamphlet
Landlord Tenant Issues - LawHelpCalifornia
Evictions Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Eviction - Virtual Self-Help Law Center (Contra Costa County)
Tenants' Rights Legal Clinic - Coalition for Economic Survival
Security Deposits
Overview of Security Deposits - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Demand Letter Asking Landlord to Return Security Deposit - California Courts Online Self Help Center
General Information
Court Basics -California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Before You File Your Case - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Filing Papers in Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Sample Pleading Paper - Los Angeles County Superior Court (Click here, then click ‘Open’)
Sample Pleading Paper - Central Disctrict of California (Click here, then click ‘Open’)
Sample Pleading Paper - Blank 28-lined Pleading Paper (Click here, then click ‘Open’)
Basics of Court Forms - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Fee Waivers - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Service of Process - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Discovery - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Going to Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Court Interpreters - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
How Courts Work - Virtual Self-Help Law Center (Contra Costa County)
Understanding Court Processes - Virtual Self-Help Law Center (Contra Costa County)
Researching the Law - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Resolving Your Dispute Out of Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Starting a Lawsuit
Time Period for Starting (Filing) Lawsuits -Virtual Self-Help Law Center Contra Costa County
File your Lawsuit in the Right Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Cases for $10,000 or Less - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Cases for $25,000 or Less - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Cases for over $25,000 - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Suing Someone - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Filing a Lawsuit Research Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Request a Default Judgment from the Clerk Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Request a Default Judgment from the Court Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Filing the Papers: Win Your Lawsuit, Chapter 6. Nolo Press. (Click here, then click ‘PDF Full Text’)
I Have Been Sued
Being Sued - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Responding to a Breach of Contract Lawsuit Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Law Library
Responding to a Lawsuit Research Guide - Sacramento County Law Library
Legal Defenses to a Lawsuit Research Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Set Aside a Default Judgment Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Filing and Opposing Motions
Motions in a Court Case - Virtual Self-Help Law Center (Contra Costa County)
Writing and Scheduling Motions Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Law Library
Before the Trial
Case Management Conference - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Case Management Statement Step-by-Step Guide - Sacramento County Law Library
Preparing the Evidence (Discovery) - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Getting Evidence for Court Pamphlet - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Resolving your Dispute Out of Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Prepare for Trial - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Going to Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Business Records Subpoena Step by Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Motion for Relief from Admissions Step by Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Motion to Compel Discovery Responses Step by Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
Discovery: Win Your Lawsuit, Chapter 10. Nolo Press. (Click here, then click ‘PDF Full Text’)
Nolo's Deposition Handbook. Nolo Press. (Click here, then click ‘PDF Full Text’)
Trial
What will Happen at the Trial - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Motion to Continue Trial Step by Step Guide - Sacramento County Public Law Library
