There are a few legal organizations in Texas that may be able to help you with your fine-only misdemeanor case and restoring your driver’s license if you cannot afford to hire your own lawyer. Most are only able to help if your income is below a certain level and if you live in their service area.
- Austin/Central Texas: Texas Fair Defense Project
- To ask about legal assistance, call 512-637-5220.
- Houston area: Beacon Law
- To ask about legal assistance, call or visit the Beacon Day Center on Mondays (except major holidays). Arrive by 8 a.m. to register to talk to a lawyer.
- Dallas/Fort Worth area, North Texas and Panhandle: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
- To ask about legal assistance, call 888-529-5277.
- San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley, Corpus Christi and West Texas: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
- To ask about legal assistance, call 888-988-9996.
- TRLA also holds a driver’s license restoration clinic at Haven for Hope in San Antonio on Fridays at 1:30. For an appointment at this clinic, call 210-212-3749.
- Houston, Galveston and East Texas: Lone Star Legal Aid
- For information about legal assistance, call 800-733-8394.