Legal aid is a tool used to help veterans and their dependents with free legal advice/assistance in multiple areas, such as housing rights, power of attorneys, wills, filing VA claims, raising VA ratings, retrieving military records, etc.
San Antonio Legal Services Association (SALSA): https://www.sa-lsa.org/veterans/
Phone: 210-678-8100
SAPL's Gale Legal Forms Database: https://guides.mysapl.org/az.php?q=legal%20forms
Provides legal definitions, legal forms, attorney directory, law digest, legal Q&A, and more.
(Access at SAPL with no library card or on the go with your library card and password)
SALSA Library Support:
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid: https://www.trla.org/
Phone: 210-212-3740 (Texas Veterans Advocacy - San Antonio)
Phone: 956-996-8752
Phone: 833-329-8752
Defined by the American Bar Association (ABA): "To “expunge” is to “erase or remove completely.” In law, “expungement”, or "Expunction", is the process by which a record of criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed from state or federal record" (ABA,2025).
According to the ABA, there are limits to expungements/expunctions: "An expungement order does not privatize criminal activity. While it removes a particular arrest and/or conviction from an individual criminal record, the underlying object of expungement remains public. Court records and police blotters permanently document the expunged incident, and those officials integrally involved retain knowledge of the event. An expunged arrest and/or conviction is never truly removed from the public record and thus is not entitled to privacy protection" (ABA, 2025).
There are legal services that can help with expungements/expunctions for some legal entanglements but not all. The San Antonio Legal services Association (SALSA) is one option. SALSA is a legal group that provides probono services to veteran's who qualify for their services. It is a recommendation to view the law and procedure for Expungement for the State of Texas and seek legal assistance for questions on the matter.
Bexar County Veterans Treatment Court: https://www.bexar.org/1085/Veterans-Treatment-Court
County Court 6
Phone: 210-335-2156
Phone: 210-335-6640
SALSA: https://www.sa-lsa.org/
Phone: 210-678-8100
Bexar County Veterans Treatment Court: https://www.bexar.org/1085/Veterans-Treatment-Court
County Court 6
Phone: 210-335-2156
Phone: 210-335-6640
JBSA Legal Assistance Office (service members only): https://www.jbsa.mil/Resources/Legal/
210-808-0169
Understanding Housing Rights: https://www.stmarytx.edu/2020/housing-hotline/
St. Mary's Law Clinic
Phone: 210-570-6135
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
Phone: 833-329-8752
SALSA
Phone: 210-678-8100
Texas Disability Law for Service Animals: https://shorturl.at/mFQ26
Office of the Texas Governor
Phone: 512-463-2000
ADA Requirements for Service Animals: https://www.ada.gov/resources/service-animals-2010-requirements/
Phone: 1-800-514-0301
