Document Delivery
Document Delivery Requests
- To place an order, email the details of your request to lawlib@acgov.org or call the Reference Desk at (510) 208-4832.
- Library staff will confirm pricing details. Do not pay until total cost is confirmed. Payment options are listed below.
- Document delivery requests will be processed and filled during normal business hours.
Payment Options
- Credit card (Provide credit card information over the phone to Reference Desk staff or use embedded PayPal form)
- PayPal (use embedded PayPal form)
- Venmo (use embedded PayPal form)
- Apple Pay (use embedded PayPal form)
- Organizations/firms may request to be billed.
Please do not submit payment until you have been contacted by the law library with the total cost of your request.
Document Delivery – A $10.00 handling charge applies to all orders.
- Email document delivery available for content from subscribed databases and hardcopy library materials.
- Exact citation is required.
- Most online documents are $10.00 per citation/section/document if emailed.
- Standard turnaround time during business hours is < 2 hours depending on availability of staff.
- The number of documents we can retrieve and send depends on the amount of material requested, staff availability, and download limitations in our databases. The Library may refuse document requests where fulfillment would require extensive staff time.
- Copying and scanning of hard copy materials is $1.00/page.
Subscribed Databases: Westlaw, LexisNexis, OnLaw, Bloomberg Law
Examples:
- Cases from Westlaw or Lexis (Published and Unpublished)
- Shepard’s and KeyCite reports
- Annotated code sections
- California appellate briefs
- Form templates
- Sections from practice guides (e.g. Rutter Group, CEB, Matthew Bender, California Forms of Pleading & Practice)
- Law review articles