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NEW HANOVER COUNTY—New Hanover County residents with a suspended or revoked driver’s license have until July 2 to register for a free license-restoration event.

To register:

  • Call Legal Aid of North Carolina’s toll-free helpline at 1-866-219-5262
  • As soon as you hear the automated greeting, dial 2659
  • The helpline is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • July 2 is the last day to register. Space is limited, so act fast!

Legal Aid staff will screen callers to ensure they are eligible for a license restoration. The first 200 eligible callers will be asked to attend an event on Friday, August 20, in New Hanover County, where they will complete the restoration process.

This event is sponsored by LINC, the NC Second Chance Alliance, New Hanover and Pender County District Attorney’s Office, the New Hanover County Bar Association, the New Hanover County Public Defender’s Office and Legal Aid of North Carolina.

This effort is part of our Drive Forward NC program, which provides free license-restoration services to low-income people so they can secure and maintain employment, and otherwise engage fully and independently in their professional, family and social lives.

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WINSTON-SALEM—Forsyth County residents with a suspended or revoked driver’s license have until May 21 to register for a free license-restoration program.

To register:

  • Call Legal Aid of North Carolina’s toll-free helpline at 1-866-219-5262
  • As soon as you hear the automated greeting, dial 2659
  • The helpline is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • May 21 is the last day to register. Space is limited, so act fast!

Legal Aid staff will screen callers to ensure they are eligible for a license restoration. Eligible callers will be asked to attend a future event—date to be determined—where they will complete the restoration process.

The event is sponsored by Drive Forward NC, a partnership of Kilpatrick Townsend, Truist Bank and Legal Aid of North Carolina.

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RALEIGH—If someone claiming to be an employee of Legal Aid of North Carolina asks you to send them your financial information by email—don’t do it! A real Legal Aid employee will never ask you to send financial info by email.

Here are some things you can do to make sure you are talking with a real Legal Aid employee:

  • Call them through our phone system: How do you know if the phone number someone gave you is a real Legal Aid number? Visit our Offices page to find the real phone numbers for all of our offices. If a person really works for Legal Aid, you can reach them though their office’s phone system.
  • Ask them to email you from a Legal Aid address: All Legal Aid employees have an email address that ends in “legalaidnc.org.” Look closely! Scammers often use email addresses that look like real addresses but are slightly different. For example, “legalaidenc.org” looks like it’s from us, but the extra “e” in the address means it’s from someone else.
  • Ask for a business card. All Legal Aid employees have business cards with their name, phone number, email address and the Legal Aid logo.

Still not sure? Call or email our director of public relations, Sean Driscoll, at 919-856-2132 or seand@legalaidnc.org to verify if someone really is a Legal Aid employee.

Visit the Protecting Consumers section of the N.C. Department of Justice website to learn how to protect yourself from fraud and scams, and how you can file an official complaint with the department.