Advertising Disclosures

This site is free to read because it carries advertising. Here is exactly how that works, in plain terms, because you should be able to judge for yourself whether it colors what you’re reading.

How we get paid

• Display advertising. Automated ad networks place ads on our pages. We are paid when they are shown or clicked. We do not choose the individual advertisers.
• Affiliate links. Some links — for example to SR-22 insurance or ignition interlock providers — pay us a commission if you click through and buy. The price you pay is not increased by our commission.
• Attorney advertising. Blocks labelled “Sponsored · Attorney advertising” are paid placements. We may be compensated when a reader contacts an advertiser through them.
• Attorney connection requests. If you use our connect-with-a-lawyer form, we forward your contact details to a DUI attorney or attorney network and we are paid for that lead. It costs you nothing, and it is the single place on this site where information you give us goes to an advertiser.

What an advertisement is not

An ad on this site is not a recommendation, an endorsement, or a vetting. We are not a law firm and not a lawyer referral service. We do not evaluate advertisers’ qualifications, results, discipline history, or fitness for your matter, and paying us does not mean an advertiser is right for you. If you contact one, you are dealing with them directly, under their terms — and you should check any attorney’s standing with your state bar yourself.

What advertising does not touch

No advertiser has any say in what we publish. Penalties, fines, suspension periods, and interlock rules come from the statute text and are checked against primary sources before they go live — see our editorial policy. Nobody can pay to change a number, soften a description, get a state page written, or be mentioned in our editorial content. Sponsored content is always labelled as such, and every paid link carries a sponsored attribute so search engines can see it too.

Data

The only information that reaches an advertiser is what you type into the connect-with-a-lawyer form, and only when you submit it. Our email list is never sold, shared, or rented, and nothing you write to us by email is passed on. Advertising partners may set their own cookies on your browser — what they collect, and how to opt out, is covered in our Privacy Policy, and you can switch off personalized ads on our Do Not Sell or Share page.

Why we tell you this

The FTC requires clear disclosure of paid relationships. We’d do it anyway: this site’s only real asset is that the numbers on it are right, and that is worth more to us than any single advertiser.