Disaster Response
Disaster Response Legal Services
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans who were impacted during the spring 2024 severe storms may be eligible for no-cost legal assistance through the Disaster Legal Services hotline. Residents of the following counties in Oklahoma are eligible: Blaine, Caddo, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Custer, Delaware, Hughes, Jackson, Johnston, Kay, Lincoln, Love, Mayes, McClain, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Rogers, Tillman, Washita and Washington.
The phone number for the legal assistance hotline is 888-602-8494. Callers should leave a voicemail describing their storm-related legal services need. The Disaster Legal Services attorneys are not FEMA employees and services are confidential. An online form is also available by clicking here.
When you call, explain that you are seeking assistance related to the recent Oklahoma storms. Provide your contact information, so an attorney can contact you.
Attorneys can answer questions about:
- Home-repair contracts and contractors.
- Life, medical and property insurance claims.
- Applying to FEMA and appealing FEMA decisions.
Legal assistance also can include:
- Getting a new will and other important legal documents lost or destroyed.
- Consumer-protection issues like price gouging.
- Advice on avoiding contractor scams in the rebuilding process.
- Receiving other available government benefits.
- Landlord-tenant issues.
- Mortgage foreclosures.
The hotline is a partnership between Oklahoma Bar Association, the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc. and Oklahoma Indian Legal Services Inc.
Disaster assistance is available through FEMA. To reach FEMA directly, call 800-621-3362 (TTY: 800-462-7585). The toll-free telephone lines operate from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. CDT, seven days a week. Those who use a relay service such as a videophone, Innocaption or CapTel should update FEMA with their specific number assigned to that service
Additional Resources
- Oklahoma Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit
The Office of the Attorney General offers tips to help consumers recognize fraud scams. - Oklahoma Insurance Department
The Oklahoma Insurance Department has a helpful page addressing common questions about flood, tornado, wind and hail damage as well as storm-related health issues. For questions about insurance claims or to report insurance fraud, you may also call the Oklahoma Insurance Department consumer assistance number at 800-522-0071. - Oklahoma Free Legal Answers
Low-income Oklahomans can submit legal questions and a volunteer lawyer will respond at no cost at oklahoma.freelegalanswers.org. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bar Association and Oklahoma Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission. - Other resources from the Oklahoma Bar Association
A list of low- or no-cost legal assistance in Oklahoma is available on the OBA's Legal Resources page.
The services offered here are offered as a public service, free of charge and for the purpose of providing brief legal advice pursuant to Rule 6.5 of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers. These services are provided in response to the damages caused by the recent severe weather and the need for quick advice. They are provided without expectation that the lawyer will provide continuing representation in the matter. In instances where advice is given pursuant to Rule 6.5 the attorney may not be able to fully check for conflicts of interest, and may not be obligated to disclose a conflict of interest unless he or she has knowledge of it at the time. If representation or legal services are provided beyond what is anticipated herein, the attorney and client should enter into a separate, complete agreement. By making a request through this website, you agree that you have been properly informed of the associated risks and alternatives to the short-term limited legal services to be provided to you, and are aware that strict compliance with all conflict of interest rules is not required of the lawyer.