Your plan
What
happened
happened
Key
dates
dates
Evidence
State
rules
rules
Next
step
step
We'll build a clear plan together.
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Renter help,
step by step.
Your state's tenant laws, deadlines, and forms, compiled into one plain-language plan.
How we stay honest
Everything here is already public. We just put it in one place.
Paper Alibi compiles free government and nonprofit resources, like your state's statutes, court forms, and legal-aid guides, into one guided plan, and links back to every source so you can check our work. We give legal information, not legal advice, we're not a law firm, and we never act as your lawyer. The core plan is always free.
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Public sources onlyState statutes, court forms, and legal-aid guides. All free and public.
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Every claim is linkedCheck our work against the original source, every time.
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Information, not adviceWe organize; we don't represent you or tell you what you must do.
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Free stays freeThe core plan costs nothing. An optional $5 kit only saves formatting time.
What's covered
Pick your issue, then choose your state. Each guide turns your state's real laws, deadlines, and official forms into a plan you can act on, with a link to every source.
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How it works
Three steps, about ten minutes, nothing to install and no account.
1Pick your issue
Choose your state and what you're dealing with. Montana and Alabama security deposits are live today.
2Answer a few plain questions
Simple questions about dates, money, and what happened. Your answers stay in your browser and are never sent to us.
3Get your plan, with sources
Your deadlines, your rights, and your single next step, each backed by a link to the official law or form.