Terms and Conditions
Effectiveness date: March, 2023
General
The present website lawdistrict.com is owned and operated, as joint controllers, by the following entreprises:
Electronic Business Commerce S.L. which is a private company with the registered TAX ID number B67515395, and its registered office at Avinguda Litoral nº12-14, Planta 5, 08005 Barcelona, Spain and contact email: info@lawdistrict.com. (hereinafter, “We”, “the/our Company”).
Holding GC OP Services, a company with EIN 87-3718571 and registered office at 6630 STIRLING RD, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33024 (US) and contact email info@lawdistrict.com.
The present Terms and Conditions explain the conditions of subscribing to the Services offered on this Website (hereinafter, “the/our Services”), and it is mandatory that they are accepted by the Users at the time of creating a Personal Account on this Website. Said acceptance will be an express and clear statement by the Users that they have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Also, users understand and accept that, by paying for the Services, they become “Customers” and they will be automatically bound by these Terms and Conditions, which will be applicable to the Customer while the contractual relationship with the Company is in force. This will remain in force as long as the Customer maintains his/her subscription plan to our Services and/or has used the single-use service.
We recommend that Users review these Terms and Conditions before paying for our Services. If Users do not agree to be bound by them, they should not continue navigating through this Website and/or use and/or pay for the Services offered herein.
The Company reserves the right to (i) block the access to this Website to Users and (ii) terminate the contractual relationship with Customers if he/she breaches any part of these Terms and Conditions.
The Company reserves the right to update these Terms and Conditions, in accordance with new legislative and/or jurisprudential requirements and/or business needs or interests, at any time and without prior notice to the Users and/or Customers. Any updated version of these Terms and Conditions will be effective immediately, as soon as they are published on this Website. Users and/or Customers acknowledge and accept that it is their responsibility to periodically review the applicable Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions will always be available on this Website; this is so any interested party can consult them at all times.
The Terms and Conditions can be formalized at the Customer’s choice, in any of the languages that these Terms and Conditions are available on this Website. However, the English wording will prevail in case of discrepancy between the different versions.
Additionally, if any part or clause of these Terms and Conditions is declared null and/or void by any judicial decision, the remaining clauses will remain valid.
For any doubt or question related to these Terms and Conditions, contact our Customer Service Team by email: info@lawdistrict.com or through our Contact Form.
About our Services
lawdistrict.com is a privately owned website that is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State and/or any U.S governmental agency and/or entity, nor does it provide legal advice, legal representation nor is it a lawyer referral service. The Services offered through this Website do not replace a licensed attorney or specialized law firm under any circumstances.
We offer several legal document templates for different needs and purposes. Our legal document templates have been designed in accordance with the current, and applicable laws and regulations of the corresponding U.S State. However, if Users and/or Customers have questions about whether it is the right document for them and/or if they have specific personal circumstances, we encourage them to consult a licensed attorney or a specialized law firm.
By answering a series of questions, the legal document selected by the Users and/or Customers can be personalized in accordance with their answers and, therefore, they will obtain a completely customized legal document. The Users and/or Customers acknowledge that they take sole responsibility for the use of the legal documents provided.
In accordance with above, this Website offers its Users and/or Customers the following Services:
Access to a library which contains a variety of legal document templates, allowing them to choose the legal document template that best suits their needs, in order to complete and subsequently use them to carry out their desired objective. Please note that the customized legal document, if used, will only generally be applicable in the U.S State chosen by the Users and/or Customers when starting to complete the legal document template selected.
Access to a Personal Account section from which Users and/or Customers, depending on the chosen Services, can customize, copy, download and save the legal document template desired;
24/7 contact with a multilingual Customer Service Team that is available at any time to provide information regarding inquiries about the contracted Services. This exclusively means questions regarding: (i) the Website’s operative; (ii) Personal Account; (iii) doubts in connection with the contracted Services, and; (iv) cancellation or refund requests. Please note that under no circumstance will our Customer Service Team assist Customers with general or specific legal queries nor will it recommend what type of legal document template the Customers should complete. For further information, please see the “Customer Service” section of these Terms and Conditions.
The Company will not review, control, edit, monitor the legal document templates customized by the Users and/or Customers nor will it verify that the data included is lawful, truthful, and up-to-date. The Users and/or Customers take sole responsibility for the use of the legal documents provided, including the following situations:
The Users and/or Customers are the only party responsible for guaranteeing the lawfulness, truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness of their correct personal data and private information within the template of the customized legal documents and, where appropriate, regarding the sharing of the legal document with third parties including lawyers, attornies, notary publics or interested third parties. The Users and/or Customers will be solely responsible for the use, and any inaccuracy or misstatement found within the information they have provided.
The Users and/or Customers are the only ones who can permit the access of their customized legal documents to third parties, other than Users and/or Customers, from the personal account created on the website. The Users and/or Customers acknowledge that if a third party accesses their legal documents and/or personal account, it must be with their exclusive supervision and under their exclusive responsibility.
In the event that the Users and/or Customers provide us with a third person’s personal data and/or information, whether they are an adult or a minor, they guarantee to us that (i) they have informed the data subject about the purposes of processing his/her personal data and that (ii) they have the data subject’s express consent to communicate his/her personal data and/or private information to us, except if the data subject is a minor and they are his/her parent and/or legal guardian due to the understanding that they grant their consent for processing the minor’s personal data by communicating it to us. For further information regarding how we process personal data checks please view our Privacy Policy.
The Company reserves the right to update the Services offered through this Website and its costs at any time according to its business goals, strategy, and needs.
Access and use of our Services
The present Website can only be used by adults with legal capacity to commit and be bound by the present Terms and Conditions in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of their birth or residence country and/or state. If the Users do not meet this requirement, they must stop browsing this Website and not use and/or pay for any Service. In this regard, the Company reserves the right to (i) block access to this Website to Users and (ii) to suspend those Customer’s Personal Account who do not comply with this requirement.
Users can navigate, access and explore the Website, including the library containing numerous legal documents templates, free of charge. Additionally, Users will be able to customize and edit the desired legal document templates without paying a fee.
In the event that the Users want to download, save and/or print the final version of the legal document template that they have chosen and completed, they will need to be registered on the Website by creating a Personal Account. By clicking “Create account” the User clearly states his/her agreement with the Terms and Conditions of our Services and he/she is automatically bound to them.
Once the Personal Account is created, the User has to choose a subscription plan to our Services:
7-Day Trial: allows the Customers to customize legal documents templates, download a single copy of them and access our entire document library. Remark:
This plan has an “initial trial period” of 7 days measured from the date that the Customer receives the payment confirmation email, for a fee.
If the plan is not canceled within the above mentioned period, a monthly “subscription fee” will be automatically charged to the same method used to pay for the “initial trial period”.
To avoid the monthly “subscription fee”, the Customer has to cancel this subscription plan before the beginning of the following billing period.
Monthly Plan: allows the Customers to customize legal documents templates, and download a single copy of them, as well as access our entire document library. Remark:
This plan is only available to Customers who have previously contracted 7-Day Trial.
No “initial trial period” is offered to Users and/or Customers who decide to purchase this option.
The “subscription fee” will be charged each month to the same payment method indicated by the Customer when hired this plan.
To avoid the monthly “subscription fee”, the Customer has to cancel this subscription plan before the beginning of the following billing period.
Best Value: allows the Customers to customize legal document templates, download unlimited copies of them, and have unlimited access to our entire document library. Remark:
This subscription plan does not have an “initial trial period”. A single annual subscription payment must be made. To avoid automatic renewal of this plan, the Customer must request to cancel it before the end of the last month of subscription (month 12).
Please see the “Cancellation and Refund Policy” section of these Terms and Conditions for further information regarding cancellations.
Remarks:
The User who has previously contracted the 7-Day Trial and cancels it, he/she will not subsequently have the possibility to contract this Service again. The User may only contract the other Services offered on this Website.
The Company may offer the User different options for updating their current subscription plan, depending on the type of plan previously contracted. When choosing an upgrade:
The subscription plan previously contracted will be automatically canceled.
The conditions and / or characteristics of the new subscription plan contracted will be available from the moment the User receives the email confirming the subscription to the new plan selected (updated).
Important notes:
The User may access his Personal Account at any time and consult the legal document(s) created and other options, unless he/she has requested the deletion of his/her personal data, in which case the Personal Account will be closed.
If a third party (data subject) which has been mentioned in any document selected and edited by the Customer contacts the Company to request his/her data protection right of erasure, the Company will delete the document in which the personal data appears from the Personal Account of the Customer.
You can check our Privacy Policy in this regard.
Costs of these Services
We are completely upfront regarding the costs of our Services. They are clearly indicated on the Website and are also displayed on our checkout page.The costs for our Services are the following:
7-Day Trial: one-off payment of $1.95 USD for an “initial trial period” of 7 days counted from when the Customer receives the confirmation email of subscription to this plan.
A monthly “subscription fee” of $39.90 USD will be automatically charged if the User does not cancel the subscription to this plan before the “initial trial period” ends.Monthly Plan: A “monthly subscription fee” of $39.90 USD. This plan is only available to Users who have previously contracted 7-Day Trial.
Best Value: one-off payment of $95.88 USD for a full year (12 months) of subscription. This subscription plan does not have an “initial trial period”.
This plan will be automatically renewed if it is not canceled by the Customer before the last day of the last month of the subscription (month 12). The months are measured from the “subscription start date” the day the user receives the payment confirmation email.
Enter the payment information to charge the cost of the subscription plan to our services selected by the User, implies the full acceptance of the present Terms and Conditions and, in particular, abides with the costs of the chosen plan. The User will receive a payment confirmation email with the details and conditions of the chosen subscription plan and how to cancel it.
Remarks:
The costs of the Services may be updated from time-to-time and they will be effective immediately at the same time that they are published on this Website, and not necessarily with prior notice to Users. Updated fees are not retroactive and therefore will not affect Users who have already paid for our Services before the update.
The costs of our Services do not include the price/fees of:
consulting with a lawyer, specialized law firm and/ or an attorney regarding its use.
submitting the customized legal document template before a notary public, registrar or public body. If Users have any doubts regarding whether the obtained customized legal document needs a stamp or any other formality, please consult a licensed attorney or specialized law firm.
Payment for the Services
Users and/or Customers may use different methods of payments to pay for our Services which are indicated on our Website and are also displayed on our checkout page.
Please, do not attempt to make a payment in a way other than those specified on our Website and/or checkout page. If Users and/or Customers do so, we will not be liable for any loss of payment or any other damages that may arise from this action.
By confirming the payment of the chosen Service, Users and/or Customers acknowledge and confirm that:
They have been properly informed and agree with the costs charged.
The debit/credit card used in the payment is theirs or they are the legitimate holder of it. Therefore, the Company will not assume any responsibility under any circumstances if they are not the primary holders or legitimate holders of the card since this circumstance is beyond our reasonable control. However, if necessary, the Company will provide appropriate cooperation to the Customer and/or law enforcement and/or judicial authorities, for the detection and/or investigation of fraudulent operation(s) linked to the debit or credit card used to make payment for the chosen Service.
Users and/or Customers should be aware that:
If the debit/credit card used to pay for the chosen Service has been blocked/declined/expired and we are unable to process the payment, the Users will not be able to access the chosen Service. Also, where appropriate, the Company reserves the right to cancel the User’s Personal Account after several unsuccessful attempts to process the payment of the chosen Service. For any payment or financial problems that Users might be experiencing, they must contact their bank or financial service provider.
Credit cards may be subjected to checks and authorizations by their issuing bank. If said entity does not authorize the intended payment, the Company will not provide the Services to the Users and will proceed to cancel their Personal Account.
Depending on the payment method used and the origin and destination of the transaction, it may be subject to applicable fees for currency exchange or price differences, due to exchange commissions. The transaction may be subject to currency exchange commission assessed by the Customer’s bank or card issuer. The Company is not responsible for any commission for currency exchange or surcharges and will not give any compensation or refund for any surcharges imposed by the Customer’s bank or card issuer.
Merchant of Record
For users located at UK, European Union, Australia
The costs for the subscription plan selected will be charged, as a Merchant of Record, by: Electronic Business Commerce S.L., a company with the registered TAX ID number B67515395, inscribed in the Mercantile Registry of Barcelona (Spain), in Tomo 47086 Folio 116 Hoja 540662, and registered office at Avinguda Litoral nº12-14, Planta 5, 08005 Barcelona, Spain and contact email info@lawdistrict.com.
For users (customers) located in USA, Canada
The costs for the subscription plan selected will be charged, as a Merchant of Record, by: Holding GC OP Services, a company with EIN 87-3718571, and registered office at 6630 STIRLING RD, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33024 (US) and contact email info@lawdistrict.com.
Both Merchants of Record will make and manage the collection of the total costs of the chosen subscription plan and, where appropriate, refunds made and/or requested by the Customers. For further information, please see the "Refund Policy" section.
Boths Merchants of Record have put in place the maximum amount of measures to ensure the reliability and security of communications and interactions between the Users and/or Customers and this Website in a completely secure manner. In this regard, please note that the payment card data is transmitted directly through a secure connection to the information systems of our payment service provider(s). Therefore, we do not have access to, nor store, the Customer’s complete payment card data.
Boths Merchants of Record will also issue the invoice for the charges made for the costs of the chosen Service when required by the Customers to the Customer Service Team. The Customer expressly authorizes both Merchant of Record to send the invoice in an electronic format, although he/she can also indicate their desire to receive a paper invoice to our Customer Service Team, in which case we will send it in this format to the postal address that they have indicated to us.
Technical means for correcting errors
Users and/or Customers will be able to visualize the customized legal document templates created and rectify any information or personal data that is not exact, correct or completed from their Personal Account.
Likewise, if Customers detect an error in the charges made by the Merchant of Record on their bank statement for the costs of the chosen Service, they can contact our Customer Service Team to amend the situation through our Contact form or via email: info@lawdistrict.com.
Right of Withdrawal
In accordance with the exceptions established by the currently applicable regulations, such as in the situation where the legal document template is filled in/completed by the Users and/or Customers with their personal data and/or information, what they obtain is a clearly personalized document, and therefore their withdrawal right cannot be exercised.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for further information regarding cancellations and reimbursements, Customers can check the following section of these Terms and Conditions.
Unsubscribe
To unsubscribe from the hired subscription plan, the User has two (2) options:
Option 1: By accessing his/her Personal Account by following these simple steps.
Option 2: Contact our Customer Service Team at any time by email: info@lawdistrict.com or by Live Chat or by +1 855 997 0206 or through our Contact Form.
Remarks:
The cancellation of a hired subscription plan must be made by the User themself (not by a third person, on their behalf).
The User may be required to provide the reason why he/she is cancelling the hired subscription plan.
Before cancelling a subscription definitely, the Company may offer the User special offers (e.g: upgrade or change of subscription plan) regarding our Services:
If the User does not wish to continue subscribing to our Services and, therefore, does not take an offer, he/she will receive an email acknowledging receipt of the unsubscribe request in which the definitive unsubscribe date will be indicated.
If the User takes an offer instead of unsubscribing, he/she will receive: (i) an email confirming the cancellation of the last hired subscription plan and (ii) an email confirming the new subscription and payment chosen.
The unsubscribing of a plan does not imply the closure of the User’s Personal Account, just no future charges will be made to the User. The User will be able to access the Personal Account at any time, but if he/she wishes to download, save and/or print any legal document template previously created, he/she will have to hire again a subscription plan to our Services.
Only in the event that the User exercises his/her data protection right of erasure, his/her Personal Account will be closed, meaning, the User will no longer have access to it.
Refund Policy
The Company’s refund policy is as follows:
7-Day Trial:
The “initial trial period” and the “monthly subscription fee” charged will only be returned if the refund request is made a) before the “initial trial period” ends and/or b) before the next billing period.
The “monthly subscription fees” charged in previous months up to the date of the refund request has been received is at the discretion of the Company.
Monthly Plan:
The “monthly subscription fee” charged will only be returned if the refund request is made before the next billing period.
The “monthly subscription fees” charged in previous months up to the date of the refund request has been received is at the discretion of the Company.
Best Value:
The fee charged for this plan will only be returned if the refund request is made within the following thirty (30) natural days from the date of the payment confirmation email.
The Company’s reserve the right to make exceptions to the present refund policy, without having to provide the reasons behind.
Refund requests must be made to our 24/7 Customer Service Team by email: info@lawdistrict.com or by Live Chat or by +1 855 997 0206 or through our Contact Form.
Please be informed, it is possible that, for security reasons, the Customer Service Team may ask for personal data and/or information regarding the hired subscription plan in order to verify the identity of the individual as our customer, before proceeding to address the refund request. If the User’s refund request is approved:
A confirmation email of the refund made will be sent to the User. The standard time of issuing is 72 hours from the approval of the refund request; but sometimes it may take a longer time to be able to issue it, for example, due to technical incidents or other reasons.
The refund will be made to the same payment method that the User has used to pay for the costs of the hired subscription plan.
Exemption of Liability
In accordance with the “About our Services” and “Access and Use of Our Services” sections, the Company will not assume any responsibility for the following circumstances that are beyond our reasonable control, such as:
If the Users creates a Personal Account without having read these Terms and Conditions.
If the Users and/or Customers use the customized legal document in other US States rather than those for which the legal document template had been selected to be applicable within. In addition, the Users and Customers acknowledge that the customized legal document, if used, will generally only be applicable in the chosen US State that the user’s and/or Customer’s has previously chosen while selecting the desired legal document template.
Reviewing, controlling, editing, monitoring, and guaranteeing the accuracy, veracity, legality, truthfulness, and updating, and completeness of the personal data and private information which the Users and/or Customers include in the customized legal document templates. The Users and/or Customers will be solely responsible for any inaccuracy or misstatement of the information provided as well as for the outcome of the completed legal documents template. Under no circumstance will the Company provide financial compensation to the Users and/or Customers in this regard. This exemption of liability will extend to:
Providing third parties data without their due consent.
The use of the legal document template for unlawful and fraudulent purposes.
The use of the legal document template to regularize the Users’ and/or Customers' situation.
If the Users and/or Customers share their personal information or the customized legal document template which they may have filled in with third parties, such as lawyers, attorneys, notary public or other interested persons.
The Company will under no circumstance provide legal advice regarding: (i) the legal document templates customized by the Users and/or Customers; (ii) which legal document or documents they need or that are best for their particular situation; (iii) what information/data Users and/or Customers should introduce in certain fields of the legal document templates; (iv) determining the legal consequences that will or could result from how they have created their legal document; (v) if inappropriate, conflicting, or ambiguous information or data is indicated in a user and/or Customer’s legal document template; (vi) whether a user and/or a Customer has removed or failed to provide any necessary provisions or details from their legal documents.
The access by third parties other than the Users and/or Customers to the customized legal documents or to the Users and/or Customers personal account on the Website for unlawful purposes. All access by third parties which are not the Users and/or Customers should always be carried out under the supervision and exclusive responsibility of the Users and/or Customers, excluding in any event the Company, its business partners and/or services providers from any liability in this regard.
The legal documents templates are provided on an “as is” basis, without establishing express or implicit guarantees of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to guarantees of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, and currentness. If the Users and/or Customers suspect that the customized template of a legal document does not fit their necessities and/or situation, we strongly encourage them to consult a lawyer or a specialized law firm.
Likewise, the Company will not be held responsible if:
The Customers are not adults nor have the legal capacity to contract the Services in accordance with the laws and regulations of his/her birth or residence country or state. The Company will not assume any responsibility for Users subscribing to the Services offered by this Website who are under the required legal age according to their country’s applicable laws and regulations, nor for preventing their access to websites whose content is not suitable or recommended for minors, or the sending of personal data without the prior authorisation of their parents or legal guardians. It is the sole responsibility of their parents and/or legal guardians to exercise adequate control over the activity and/or use of the Internet by their dependent minors. In this regard, the Company reserves the right to block access to this Website to Users and/or Customers that do not comply with this requirement.
The Company has received an adult’s personal data and/or private information to use the Services by an individual without having requested his/her consent to communicate his/her personal data with us. In such case, the Company will inform the interested person how his/her personal data and/or private information has been collected and, where appropriate, we will ask the individual who provided the personal data to the Company to confirm he/she requested the consent of the data subject and, where appropriate, to amend this situation.
Applicable law and jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the currently applicable Spanish laws and regulations.
In the event that any discrepancy arises in connection with the interpretation or application of these Terms and Conditions, the applicable jurisdiction to solve the matter, will be the competent one determined by the applicable laws and regulations.
The non-exercise by the Company of any right provided or derived from these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed, under any circumstances, as a waiver of said right, unless expressly and in writing renounced by the Company or by the legal prescription of the action, according to the applicable current law or regulation.
The nullity, total or partial, of any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, will not affect the validity of the other provisions.
Customer Service
We have a 24/7 multilingual Customer Service Team to facilitate communication between Users and/or Customers and our Company, which can be contacted by:
through this Contact Form.
chat
phone: +1 855 997 0206
Please be informed that if you contact our Customer Service Team via phone, your phone call will be recorded for security purposes and to improve the quality of the phone service, this being a standard practice in many companies. You will be informed in advance that your call will be recorded and you will also have access to the information on how the Company processes the personal data and/or information you will be required to provide during the call to verify your identity as our Customer. Please be informed that your call will only be recorded if you give us your express consent for it, which will be understood to be granted if you do not hang up and wait to be attended to by an agent from the Customer Service Team. If you do not want to be recorded, then you must hang up and not continue with your call and contact our Customer Service by another means of contact. For further information regarding what we do with your personal data, please can consult our Privacy Policy.
Our Customer Service Team will be in charge of answering questions, suggestions, and/or complaints regarding the Services offered through this Website and, where appropriate, managing cancellations or refund requests received. Under no circumstances will the Customer Service Team provide legal advice.
We always welcome Customers feedback and are pleased to hear opinions about our professional Services in order to continue improving them.
Please be informed that it is possible that, for security reasons, the Customer Service Team may ask for personal data about you and/or information regarding the Service chosen in order to verify your identity as our Customer, before proceeding to address your request/inquiry.
With reference to the above, it is important to note that depending on the type of request made by you, it will usually be answered and/or resolved immediately via chat/phone call, while others will are subjected to internal procedures, therefore the response to your request will be sent, for security reasons, to the contact email that you provided when registering on this website.We carefully process each individual question/email, so we will respond to you in the shortest time frame possible and, in any case, within the deadline established by the applicable laws and regulations.