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LIBRARY SERVICES
LIBRARY HISTORY
100

The Law Library mainly collects books and guides about the law in this state.

WHAT IS CALIFORNIA?

100

The Law Library is open to these people.

WHO IS EVERYONE/THE PUBLIC?

100

The Law Library has been open since this year, well over a century ago!

When is 1891?

200

This aisle number is where we keep guides that are infrequently requested but important to have in print, such as Bankruptcy, Consumer Law, Immigration Law, and International Law.

WHAT IS 18? 

200

The Law Library's main branch is here in Visalia, but we also have a satellite branch with legal information on computers. The satellite branch is also located in a Tulare County Superior Courthouse, in this South County city.

WHAT IS PORTERVILLE?

200
To ensure that visitors in the Law Library understand that the Law Library is open to everyone, we partnered with this organization to host an exhibit with photos of our community members throughout history.

WHAT IS THE TULARE COUNTY MUSEUM?

300

The Law Library has an entire aisle dedicated to this one topic, which describes the rules and requirements to bring a case in court. Hint: NOT criminal law. 

WHAT IS CIVIL PROCEDURE?

300
Law Library staff are bound by law NOT to give this type of information to law library users.

WHAT IS LEGAL ADVICE?

300

California law says all counties throughout the state MUST have a law library that is open to the public. The largest public law library in California is the second-biggest in the entire United States - seven floors of legal materials - and is located in this large, sunny city.

WHAT IS LOS ANGELES?
400

The oldest book in the Law Library is a report of cases decided in district courts across California, and was published in this year.

When is 1858?

400

The Law Library is responsible for providing free legal information to all Tulare County residents, which amounts to this many people.

What is 483,546? (Anything within 400,000-500,000 is acceptable!)
400
California law libraries were established by statute (meaning, by California law). The statutes establishing county public law libraries can be found in this code.
WHAT IS THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE?