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Free and low-cost legal assistance is available throughout Kentucky to qualified low income individuals with limited assets. The state is split by county among several legal aid providers depending on your location.

Kentucky Legal Aid

• Website: www.klaid.org
• Hotline: 1-866-452-9243 (Mon-Thu, 8:30am to 6:00pm)
• Legal Areas: Kentucky Legal Aid only provides assistance in civil legal matters. They do not accept any personal injury cases or assist in criminal cases except for criminal record expungement.
• Free Advice: Qualifying residents receive free legal support and representation but may be asked to pay expenses such as court filing fees, services fees, and fees for obtaining records from providers.
• Counties Served: Allen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Green, Hancock, Hart, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Metcalfe, McCracken, McClean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Webster

Legal Aid Society

• Website: www.yourlegalaid.org
• Hotline: 1-800-292-1862 (Mon-Thu, 10:00am to 4:00pm)
• Legal Areas: protective orders, divorce, custody and visitation, guardianship, economic support for children, educational rights, landlord / tenant disputes, uninhabitability and code violations, government benefits, healthcare, wage garnishments, debt collection, predatory lending, criminal record expungement, licenses, tax problems.
• Free Advice: Free civil legal assistance and representation to Kentuckians whose incomes are at or below 125 to 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
• Counties Served: Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Washington

AppalRed Legal Aid

• Website: www.ardfky.org
• Hotline: 1-866-277-5733
• Legal Areas: bankruptcies, collections, garnishments, car repos, consumer rip-off, protective orders, divorce, adoption defense, custody, foreclosure, eviction, utility shut-off, rental conditions, K-TAP, SNAP (food stamps), Social Security, SSI, Black Lung, VA benefits, utility issues, education issues, healthcare, employment, wills, POAs, tax issues, expungement
• Free Advice: To receive free help you must be low income and have limited assets. AppalRed helps seniors regardless of income or assets.
• Counties Served: Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Monroe, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, Wolf

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass

• Website: www.lablaw.org
• Hotline: 1-859-431-8200 (Mon-Thu, 10:00am to 3:00pm and Fri 10:00am to 1:00pm)
• Legal Areas: protection & safety, housing, government benefits, money & debt, immigration, family, criminal record expungement, wills, living wills, POA, medicare, nursing home ombudsman, tax issues
• Free Advice: Free legal assistance and representation for qualified individuals with low income and minimal assets. If your case requires court fees, you will be asked to pay them to the best of your ability.
• Counties Served: Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Elliott, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Greenup, Harrison, Jessamine, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Rowan, Scott, Woodford