Pull the Deadlines Out of a Government Notice
A government notice is a deadline wearing a disguise. This pulls out every date and dollar amount, sorts them by how soon they're due, and puts the first deadline on top — so you act on the list instead of re-reading the paragraph. Local only; the notice never leaves the tab.
- Extraction
- Dates and amounts pulled from the notice text
- local
- What it replaces
- Re-reading the notice for the deadline
- $0.00
- Input
- The notice text, pasted
- no card
- Output
- A sorted deadline board
- recomputed
What you pay otherwise
| Route | What you get | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Missed deadline | The appeal window closed, the fee doubled | real cost |
| Legal-aid consult | A person reads it with you (worth it when you need it) | scarce |
| Ignoring the notice | The problem compounds, unread | compounds |
| This page | The deadlines, extracted and sorted | $0 |
The workflow
Paste the whole notice, every page
The deadline is never in the first paragraph. Paste it all; the extractor finds the dates wherever they're hiding.
Read the sorted list, not the prose
The board sorts dates by how soon they're due. The first row is the one with consequences — read it as 'act by this date', and check the rest as they come up.
Check each amount against your records
The amounts pulled are numbers to verify, not accept. A wrong figure on a notice is corrected by a call now, not a dispute later.
Act on the first deadline before the list grows
The first deadline is the only one that's urgent. Once it's handled, the next row becomes first. The board is a queue, not a wall.
Worked example
Sample: a short agency notice Dates 2 (respond by 2026-10-01, hearing 2026-10-18) Amounts 1 ($85 filing fee) Due first 2026-10-01 — respond Uploaded nothing — extracted in the tab
Numbers above are sample data produced by the tool's own pre-loaded example, run in the browser — not averages or measured benchmarks.
What breaks this
Pasting only the first paragraph misses the deadline that lives in the fine print — paste the whole thing. Reading the sorted list and still acting on the last date first is the mistake the sort exists to prevent; the top row is first for a reason. Treating the extraction as legal advice is wrong — it finds the dates, it doesn't tell you what they mean; that's a call to the office or an advocate.
Try it now
A short agency notice is loaded and its deadlines extracted. Paste your own notice and watch the board re-sort.
Open the deadline board →Go deeper: the printable board
The deadline board is free forever. The $4 one-time tier adds:
- Printable board — the sorted deadlines on one sheet — estimate: ~12 min saved versus writing them out.
- Saved notices shelf — keep notices for one case together — estimate: ~15 min saved per case.
- Deadline reminders log — track what's been handled — estimate: ~10 min saved.