The receipts
Every claim on our landing page has to be checkable by a stranger. These are the public sources behind the industry statements we make — regulatory orders, court records, and complaint records on independent platforms — described factually, so you can read them yourself.
78,287 California DVRO requests in FY 2023–24
California courts recorded 78,287 domestic violence restraining order requests during fiscal year 2023–24.
Source: Judicial Council of California, 2025 Court Statistics Report · read it
A federal order against an "AI lawyer"
The FTC brought an action against DoNotPay, Inc. as part of "Operation AI Comply" (announced September 2024). The final order (February 2025) required $193,000 in monetary relief and barred unsubstantiated claims that the service was a substitute for a lawyer.
Source: Federal Trade Commission, In re DoNotPay, Inc. · read it
A $1 form that quietly billed monthly, reaching $319.92
A Better Business Bureau complaint against Rocket Lawyer describes agreeing to pay $1 to use a form and then being charged monthly from January 2023, totaling $319.92. Billing is the largest category of BBB complaints against the company (42 of 174 in three years).
Source: Better Business Bureau complaint records, Rocket Lawyer Inc. · read it
Packets rejected by the court — repeatedly
A California divorce paralegal writes that clients arrive after having "had my judgment rejected once, twice even three times" using online form services, and that fixing such rejections is a business of its own. Complaint records across platforms describe instructions "incorrect for the state" and filings denied by courts.
Source: divorce661.com (Los Angeles divorce paralegal); divorceformreviews.com · read it
Pay first, download later ("ransom the download")
Complaint records for PDF form-filling services document a recurring pattern: the site lets a person complete an entire government form, then requires a paid subscription to download their own work. Trustpilot’s own AI review summary for one such service flags "significant dissatisfaction with the subscription process."
Source: Trustpilot and ComplaintsBoard records, pdfFiller (airSlate) · read it
Document preparation can cross the legal-advice line
In Janson v. LegalZoom.com (W.D. Mo. 2011), the court held that the company’s document-preparation service constituted the unauthorized practice of law in Missouri; the case settled with business modifications. This is why JusticeOS never selects forms and never interprets your facts — the discipline is the product.
Source: Janson v. LegalZoom.com, Inc., 802 F. Supp. 2d 1053 (W.D. Mo. 2011) · read it
And the claims we make about ourselves
- — The four-form self-help product is a one-time $99 purchase. JusticeOS currently offers no subscription plan. Public pricing
- — The Free Clerk Check requires no card or account, and its uploaded documents are not saved by JusticeOS. Clerk Check
- — Preview-then-unlock is the packet flow: forms render on screen with a watermark before payment. Public pricing and product flow
- — Every Clerk Check finding names its rule, and every check lists what software cannot decide. Clerk Check limits
- — The privacy policy distinguishes transient Free Clerk Check processing from stored account-workspace data. Privacy Policy
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