Self-help Materials
The following is a list of flyers and publications that ULS has made available for your use grouped in the following categories:
Note: To view some of these files, you must have Acrobat Reader. This program is available for no charge at www.adobe.com. Also, we are currently in the process of updating and re-formatting all of our self-help materials. To view what has been done so far, click here. However, since it is a work in progress, the information is also below.
Domestic Violence
Family Law
- Adoption
- After you have Filed your Petition (PDF)
- Annulment
- Divorce
- Guardianship & Conservatorship
- Marriage
- Parentage/Custody
- Powers of Attorney
- Utah Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) (the official State of Utah website for assistance in preparing court documents if you are not able to have an attorney draft them for you. Documents can be prepared for divorce (including stipulations), landlord tenant, guardianship of a minor, parentage, protective orders and civil stalking)
Housing
- Abandonment & Getting Your Personal Property Back (PDF)
- Apartment renter's move-in checklist (PDF)
- Avoiding an Eviction Lawsuit (PDF)
- Bad Housing - dealing with habitability problems (PDF)
- Basic Guide to Answering an Eviction Complaint (PDF)
- Bed Bugs & Cockroaches (PDF)
- Bed Bugs information (link to Salt Lake Valley Health Department website)
- Companion Animals (PDF)
- Deposits
- Domestic Violence Lease Termination (PDF)
- Eviction: What's the Worst that Can Happen to Me? (PDF)
- Foreclosure
- Getting Your Personal Property Back & Abandonment (PDF)
- Hearing Request after Order of Restitution (PDF)
- Immediate Occupancy ("Possession Bond") Hearing Information
- Lockout: getting help from the police (PDF)
- Mobile Home Park - Nonpayment Eviction (PDF)
- Mobile Home Park Residents' Associations (PDF)
- Mold - a 20-page brochure from the Environmental Protection Agency (PDF)
- Move-In Checklist for Renters (PDF)
- Mutual Termination of Rental Agreement (PDF) for ending a lease before it expires.
- "No Cause" Termination of Tenancy (PDF)
- Nonpayment eviction (PDF) (information about eviction when the tenant can't pay the rent or tenant-caused damage to the rental unit)
- Notice to the Landlord (PDF) (a one-page document telling landlords what CANNOT be done without a court order; includes "Request to a Law Enforcement Officer" in case the landlord locks you out without a court order)
- No Trespassing! (PDF) notice to LL, management and maintenance staff
- Possession Bond Hearing Information
- Rental Agreement (PDF) - sample you can use
- Renter's Handbook
- Residential Rental Agreement (sample)
- Request for Deposit Refund (fill-in-the-blanks PDF form and instructions)
- Request for Return of Personal Property (fill-in-the-blanks PDF form)
- Request to a Law Enforcement Officer After "Lockout" (PDF) (includes "Notice To The Landlord")
- Setting Aside a Default Judgment (PDF)
- Small Claims Court information (PDF)
- Statement to Housing Authority by "Section 8" Beneficiary (PDF) (use this if you cannot get the landlord's release)
- Tenant in Foreclosed Property (PDF)
- Utah Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) (the official State of Utah website for assistance in preparing court documents if you are not able to have an attorney draft them for you. Documents can be prepared for divorce (including stipulations), landlord tenant, guardianship of a minor, parentage, protective orders and civil stalking)
- Watch Out! Some landlords set traps for unwary tenants. Read this BEFORE you rent.
- What Happens at an Immediate Occupancy ("Possession Bond") Hearing
- Working on Your Rented Home Instead of Paying Rent
Consumer
Public Benefits
- Family Employment Program (FEP) (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- General Assistance (GA) (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- Medicaid (See Public Benefits Handbook)
- Primary Care Network (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- Public Benefits Handbook
- Social Security Notice of Overpayments (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- Social Security Overpayment Q&A's
- Social Security Representative Payee Program
- Social Security Disability
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- Unemployment (see Public Benefits Handbook)
- Women, Infants and Children's Supplemental Food Program (WIC)
Estate Planning/Elder/Senior
- Deeding Your House
- Driving Privileges
- Funeral Plans
- Holographic or Handwritten Wills
- Joint Ownership of Bank Accounts
- Medicaid and Nursing Home Care
- Planning Your Estate - Probate
- Powers of Attorney
- Settling an Estate
- Utah Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) (the official State of Utah website for assistance in preparing court documents if you are not able to have an attorney draft them for you. Documents can be prepared for divorce (including stipulations), landlord tenant, guardianship of a minor, parentage, protective orders and civil stalking)
ULS Clinics, Forms and Links
- Citizenship Attestation (English) (PDF)
- Citizen Attestation (Spanish) (PDF)
- Citizen Attestation for Minor (English) (PDF)
- Citizen Attestation for Minor (Spanish) (PDF)
- Client Information Sheet (PDF) (eligibility form)
- Client Information Sheet (Spanish) (PDF)
- Investigation/Representation Agreement (PDF)
- Investigation/Representation Agreement (Spanish) (PDF)
- Pro Bono Placement Agreement (PDF)
- Terms of Clinic (English) (PDF)
- Terms of Clinic (Spanish) (PDF)
- Internet resources and free legal clinics statewide
- Utah Online Court Assistance Program (OCAP) (the official State of Utah website for assistance in preparing court documents if you are not able to have an attorney draft them for you. Documents can be prepared for divorce (including stipulations), landlord tenant, guardianship of a minor, parentage, protective orders and civil stalking)
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