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Page 1: Easy Legal Web Sites For Your Everyday Legal Questions

Easy Legal Web SitesFor Your

Everyday Legal Questions

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Easy Legal Portals Newton Free Library

http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net

Massachusetts QuickFind! – Law http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/quickfind/law.htm

Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/

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Click on Reference Tab

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Click on QuickFind! Massachusetts Websites

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From Massachusetts QuickFind!Under Law: Consumer Affairs

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Minuteman Library NetworkMassachusetts QuickFind! Under Law find Consumer Scroll down to Consumer Affairs Click on Massachusetts Office of

Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations

Also click on Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General

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1. Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer

Affairs & Business Regulations Automobile Lemon

Laws Do Not Call Law Home Improvement

Contractor Law Find a Licensed

Professional

Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General Consumer Protection Consumer Advisories Elders

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Massachusetts Consumer AffairsConsumer Legal Resources 30 Day Demand Letter Small Claims Court Lemon Laws How to File a Consumer Request for

Arbitration

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Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation

Lemon Law Programs Do Not Call Law Identity Theft Home Improvement Contractor Law Resolve a Consumer Problem Foreclosure Prevention Resources

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Newton’s Reference Drop Down Menu

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Browse Topics: Consumer, Government, Law, Primary Sources,

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Scroll Law Topicfor Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries

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Massachusetts and Federal Legal Forms on Trial Court Site Laws by Subject Click on Forms Example: Homestead

Declaration of Homestead Declaration of Homestead – Elderly or Disabled

Example: Consumer Protection Massachusetts 30 Day Demand Letter Federal Trade Commission Complaint

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Find a Licensed ProfessionalTrial Court Site Go to Law by Subject on left frame Click on Law About Click on Professional Licensing Click on Find a Licensed Professional

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Trial Court SiteLocate a Licensed Professional

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Massachusetts Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation

Locate or Check a License or Locate a Licensed Professional – Mass.gov

Click on Residents tab Click on Consumer Click on Occupational

and Business Licenses Click on Professional

Licenses Select a Profession,

e.g. Plumbers and Gas Fitters, see right frame.

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Find a Veterinarianin Newton (or your town)

Click on Residents tab. Click on Consumer. Click on Occupational

and Business Licenses. Click on OCBAT tab. Click on Locate a

Licensed Professional. Select Veterinarian Select Newton.

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Find a Licensed ProfessionalNeed a Plumber?

Consumer Affairs Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations

Check A Professional License – Find out if the plumber is licensed, if the license is current, and if there have been any disciplinary actions

Click on Business Info Type of Business: Plumbing Firms, enter City Personal: Search by Name File a Complaint Form

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Division of Professional Licensure Click on For Government tab Click on Division of Professional Licensure Boards

Check a Professional’s License Dentists and Dental Hygienists

Check a License

Related State Agencies Board of Registration in Medicine

Physician Profiles

Locate a Professional

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Massachusetts Law for ResidentsMassHealth Insurance

www.mass.gov Click on tab: Residents Click on Health Care

Reform Click on

Commonwealth Connector

Click on Mandated Health Insurance Law

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Find a Dentist / File a Complaint Click on Occupational

and Business Licenses For Licensees tab

displays License Types, Forms, Requirements

Click on Healthcare and Social Work

Click on Dentists and Dental Hygienists

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Massachusetts Land Records

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Property Values and Records Massachusetts Registry of Deeds

http://www.masslandrecords.com

Newton Assessors Database http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/

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Newton’s Assessors Database

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Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries Try Remote Resources

Apply for a library card in person at any Trial Court Law Library and have remote access to:

Self-help books from Nolo Online RetrieveLaw legal resources database HeinOnline legal periodicals databaseVisit the library to use Westlaw and Nexis

databases. With your Trial Court Law Library card you may also borrow books.