Citizens are encouraged to report damage to homes and businesses using the Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool (iSTAT). These reports help emergency management officials determine if the state meets federal requirements for additional disaster assistance.
This guide provides information to small and medium sized businesses about business continuity, insurance and protecting your business. Sample forms are included.
The State Bar of Texas created this guide to legal questions from those affected by disasters. Chapter 4 is about landlord/tenant issues and addresses commercial leases in Questions 4-25 and 4-26.
This chapter discusses prohibitions on employment discrimination against employees participating in a disaster-related evacuation due to a government-issued evacuation order.
This guide from the Department of Labor provides information on the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. On page 8 it states that a natural disaster qualifies as an exception to the 60-day notice requirement.
Information about the disaster assistance programs available through the USDA help farmers, ranchers, communities, and businesses that have been hard hit by natural disaster events.
This website allows you to ask a lawyer a non-criminal legal question in writing. You will receive an e-mail when an attorney has answered your question. Only those who meet certain criteria qualify for this service. The American Bar Association runs this service.
Our Legal Help guide has information on free legal hotlines, legal clinics, and legal aid organizations, as well as information on how to find a lawyer who could represent you.
