Organize your own record
A tool that helps you organize your own facts, dates and evidence into a clear record you can print, and shows you the law that applies in your state with its citation and the date it was read.
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Nothing you write leaves your device. Free, and no account.
What this does, and what it does not
- It does hold your facts, dates and exhibits in one place, in the order they happened, and print them as a record you can carry.
- It does show you the text of the law that applies in your state, with its citation and the date it was read at the official source.
- It does not give legal advice, choose your claim, or tell you what to do.
- It does not write in your place. You write your own account; the tool lays it out.
- It does not predict what will happen in your matter.
We are not a law firm.
What we cover
Seven areas, and 49 of 52 jurisdictions read at the official source. Where a state has not been read, the site says so rather than showing you a neighbour’s rule.
How it works: you stay the author, start to finish
1 · You write it down
What happened, the day it happened, in your own words. Add the photo, the letter, the receipt. Each entry carries its date, so the order is the real one rather than the one you reconstruct later.
2 · You check it against the law
For the states we have read, the tool shows the statute or rule that applies, with its citation and the date it was read at the official source. Where a state has not been read, it says so instead of showing you a neighbour’s rule.
3 · You print what you need
A dated record you can hand to a lawyer, file with a court, or keep for yourself. Nothing is added that you did not write, and nothing you could not evidence is hidden.
This is organisation, not advice. What you decide to claim, and whether to bring it at all, stays yours — and for that, a lawyer licensed in your state is who to ask.
What the app does
One record, from the first note to the document you file. Everything below is a screen in the application, not a plan.
- Dated journal · each event in facts: who, what, when, where. Two taps in the moment, the account when you have time.
- Evidence vault · photos and documents carry a SHA-256 fingerprint and their import date, so you can show a file has not changed since you added it.
- Automatic timeline · the record orders itself, one line per event, and flags dates that contradict each other.
- The law itself · plain-language cards next to the official text, with the date it was last read at the source.
- Leading decisions · what a court actually held, quoted, with a link to the volume it was published in.
- What happens in court · the steps, the testimony and what can follow, for your kind of matter.
- Prepare your case · the method professionals use: theory of the case, point by point, witnesses, your answer to the other side.
- Deadlines · a limitation calculator, to confirm at the source, that you can add to your calendar in one click.
- Hearing day · a checklist by area, tickable and printable, so you arrive ready.
- Guided paths · step-by-step routes for the situations people arrive with.
- Report and binder · a plain PDF: cover page, timeline, numbered exhibits, integrity statement. Membership.
- Export and re-import · your whole record in one file, out and back in.
What makes the method different
Not a philosophy. Six things you can verify, and each one is checked by a test that fails if it stops being true.
- No model writes your words. The application calls no model, of any provider, anywhere. You write the account; the method gives it a shape.
- You stay the author. The tool formats what you wrote and never supplies the legal content — the line it does not cross.
- Every legal statement carries its date. Not just the section it rests on, but the day that section was read at its official source — so you can tell a current rule from a stale one.
- The source of record is the official one. A statute comes from the legislature, a decision from the volume it was published in. Aggregator sites are accurate more often than not, and that is exactly the problem: you cannot check which time it is.
- Honest about when. Each piece of evidence carries a SHA-256 fingerprint and the date you added it, so you can show a file has not changed since — and so nobody has to take the timing on faith.
- Built for one person. Nothing depends on the other side signing up for anything. Your record lives on your device and answers to you alone.
Documenting is free. A membership unlocks the rest.
The journal, the evidence vault, the timeline and the preparation are free forever. You can build your whole record without paying, and see it on screen before deciding anything.
- Essential · $5 per month, or $45 per year · one matter, unlimited cases, the report exported and printable, the binder, encrypted online backup of your evidence.
- Pro · $12 per month, or $110 per year · a long matter or several at once, plus the document editor and priority on new state readings.
- Organization · $49 per month, or $490 per year.
Three questions people ask
- Does this tell me what to do?
- No. Case in Hand is not a law firm and does not provide legal services. It helps you organize your own facts and shows you the law that applies, with its citation and the date it was read, so you can read it yourself. What to do with it stays your decision. More about who publishes this.
- Where does my record live?
- In your browser, on this device, and nowhere else. The pages carry no analytics, no tracking pixel and no third-party script. Nothing leaves the device unless you start it yourself. What happens to what you type.
- What if my state has not been read yet?
- The site says so plainly rather than showing you a neighbouring state’s rule. A gap you can see is worth more than an answer you cannot trust. See what has been read, state by state.
Your state
Pick your state. If we have not read its law yet, the site will say so plainly rather than show you another state's rule.
Read so far: 49 of 52 jurisdictions.