Frequently asked questions
Short answers for a stressful moment.
Start here for the basics about official reports, timing, cost, and the optional legal review.
Cost to ask us to search
Short version: asking us to search for your crash report costs nothing, and it stays nothing.
No. It is free — $0. There is no charge to submit a report search request, no charge for the copy if we obtain it, and no charge if we cannot find it. We never ask for a credit card, we never send an invoice, and no fee appears later. Every state agency charges its own fee for a copy — Alabama is $15, Tennessee is $10 online or $4 by mail, Texas charges a CRIS purchase fee, and the rest are listed on each state’s guide. Our search costs you nothing in any state.
- $0 to ask
- $0 for the copy
- $0 if we find nothing
- No credit card
No. The free report search is not conditional on anything. You do not have to request a case review, sign anything, or hire Dennis Injury Law. It is offered as a free public resource, and you are free to take the report and go. Availability is the only limit: a copy can be provided only if the report has been released, is accessible to the firm, and you are legally entitled to receive it.
Yes. Call (256) 6DENNIS — that is (256) 633-6647. The call is free, the search is free, and you are under no obligation.
No. Dennis Injury Law is a private law firm. This website links to official government sources but is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any state agency.
No. Official reports come from the responsible state or local agency. We have a guide for every state and the District of Columbia explaining where and how to request one.
It varies by state, and each state’s guide gives its own timing — most run somewhere between about five and fifteen business days. Alabama is typically about 10 business days, Texas about 5–10, and Tennessee about 7. Agency workloads, investigations, and state laws that hold a report back for a period can all cause delays.
All of them. Every US state and the District of Columbia — 51 jurisdictions — can be requested through this site, and each one has its own guide naming the agency that holds the report. The search is $0 wherever the crash happened.
Being able to request a report in a state is not the same as the firm practicing law there. Dennis Injury Law runs the report search as a free public resource nationwide; a case review is separate, optional, and subject to the jurisdictions in which the firm is licensed.
Keep the original report and contact the investigating agency to ask about its correction or supplemental-report process. Do not alter the official copy yourself.
Not by itself. A report is an important record, but fault and legal responsibility can depend on other evidence, witness accounts, applicable law, and insurance issues.
Yes — $0. The initial case review is free and carries no obligation to hire the firm. So is the crash report search, and so is the phone call.
No. An attorney-client relationship begins only after the firm and client execute a written engagement agreement.
You can choose phone call, text message, or email on the form. Selecting text message is your consent to receive texts about the request you initiated.