About
LawLert tells you what is legal where you are standing.
Laws change at state lines and at borders. A magazine that is legal at home, a firearm carried one state too far, fireworks lit under a burn ban, medication packed for the wrong country: ordinary people get caught by laws they did not know existed. LawLert puts the rule for where you are in front of you, with the official source it comes from and the date it was last checked.
What LawLert covers
Firearms, cannabis, alcohol, gambling, knives, drones, boating, fireworks, fishing, hunting, driving, burn bans and taxes, for all 50 US states and DC, down to county and city rules where LawLert has verified them, plus the rules travelers most often get wrong in 81 countries. That is 7,096 dated, sourced rule summaries, counted live from the same database the app runs on. Start with state laws, compare two states, or travel laws by country.
Who builds it
LawLert is built by Gino Cattuzzo, an independent developer in Nevada. It is an independent app: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing any government entity. The press page has the longer story.
How the law on this site is checked
Every rule summary is dated and linked to an official source: state statutes and administrative codes, government agency pages, enacted bills on a legislature’s own site, court orders where a law has been blocked, and the US State Department for international rules. LawLert never publishes law from blogs or forums, and if a rule cannot be verified, it does not ship. Rules are re-checked against their sources on a schedule. How we verify sets out the full method, including where LawLert still falls short.
When we get it wrong
When a re-check or a reader finds a rule that is wrong or out of date, it is fixed and logged in public: what it said, what it says now, why, and the official source. See Corrections. Think something is wrong? Email support@lawlertapp.com. The rule data is also published as open data so anyone can check it.
How LawLert is free
There is no subscription and no paywall. The website may show one Google ad per page, after the page’s content and never inside a rule or its source, and the ads are requested as non-personalized. LawLert does not sell personal data. The privacy policy has the details.
The iPhone app
The free LawLert iPhone app alerts you when you cross into a state where a law you track differs, and when a law you track changes in your state. No account.
Contact
Questions, corrections and feedback: support@lawlertapp.com. We read every message and reply within 1–2 business days (Support). Journalists: Press & media.
LawLert provides general legal information, not legal advice. Always verify important decisions with a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.