Recourse.Demonstration
by The Democracy Studio
Are you an attorney? See how Recourse handles the clerical form-filling — you review and sign →
California · Rental Housing

Court-ready eviction paperwork. Without the lawyer's bill.

Tenant or landlord, Recourse prepares the exact California court forms your case needs, checks them line by line, and guides you through filing in plain language — the work a law office would bill you for, at the price of a tool. It prepares documents; it never gives legal advice.

Start with your own case →
DemoA live demonstration on synthetic cases — the real engine, fabricated facts. Generated forms are watermarked and can't be filed. Public self-serve opens once California counsel reviews the methodology and our LDA registration is in place.
Why it matters

Cases are won and lost at the clerk's window.

In housing court the paperwork is the case. A missed deadline, a form on last year's revision, an amount that doesn't match your ledger — any one of them can end things before a judge ever hears you. And the rules change city by city. Most people face it alone, or pay for a lawyer they can't afford.

How it works

Three things, done carefully.

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It reads your facts
Share your lease, the notice, what was served. Recourse pulls out the facts and asks only what's still missing — at your direction, never telling you what to do.
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It fills the right forms
Your facts map onto the exact California Judicial Council forms your matter needs — the current revision, for your court, not a blank PDF to puzzle over.
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It checks every one
A multi-layer audit verifies each form is complete, consistent, on-deadline, and adds up — before it reaches you, catching the mistakes that get filings rejected.
Why you can trust it

It shows its work — and knows its limits.

Honest about your city
California rental law changes by jurisdiction. Recourse tells you exactly what it can and can't do for your address, and refuses to guess when it isn't sure. That candor is the green light you'll see on every case below.
Every field, traceable
Each value records where it came from, and every packet is audited on seven layers. This is the evidence a tool like DoNotPay never had — and the reason a lawyer would trust the draft.
Never crosses the line
Recourse prepares documents at your direction, like a legal document assistant. It won't pick your strategy or predict your outcome. Those choices stay yours.
See it work

Run a real case.

The engine below is the real one, running on synthetic situations. Choose who you are, pick a case, and watch Recourse route it, prepare the forms, and audit them — live.

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Who are you?

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Pick a case to run

5 tenant situations — each one routes through the real engine, live.