PRE PAID LEGAL SERVICES INC
S-3, 1995-05-16
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 1995.
Registration No. 33-__________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-3
            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
                (Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     Oklahoma                321 East Main Street                73-1016728
(State or jurisdiction of    Ada, Oklahoma 74820               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)  (405) 436-1234               Identification No.)
         (Address,  including zip code,  and telephone  number,  including  area
            code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
                                   Randy Harp
                              321 East Main Street
                              Ada, Oklahoma 74820
                                 (405) 436-1234
      (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
                        area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                            Michael M. Stewart, Esq.
                  Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation
                             1800 Mid-America Tower
                         Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
                                 (405) 235-7700

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time
to time after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
     If the only  securities  being  registered  on this form are being  offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]

     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<S>                                 <C>            <C>              <C>                <C>                          

                                                       Proposed         Proposed
                                                        Maximum          Maximum
Title of Each Class of              Amount to      Offering Price      Aggregate          Amount of
Securities to be Registered         be Registered    Per Share(2)   Offering Price(2)  Registration Fee
Common Stock issuable on exercise     656,250(1)        $5.09         $3,340,312           $1,152
of outstanding Warrants
</TABLE>

     (1) There is also being  registered an  indeterminable  number of shares of
Common  Stock as may become  issuable  pursuant to the  antidilution  provisions
governing the Warrants.

     (2)  Estimated  in  accordance  with Rule 457(c)  solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low sales
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on May 11,
1995.

     The Registrant  hereby amends this  Registration  Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further  amendment  which  specifically  states  that  this  Registration
Statement shall  thereafter  become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the  Securities  Act of 1933 or until the  Registration  Statement  shall become
effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.


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PROSPECTUS


                         PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK


     This Prospectus  relates to up to 656,250 shares of common stock, $0.01 par
value  per  share  ("Common  Stock",  of  Pre-Paid  Legal  Services,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  which may be offered  and sold from time to time by certain  persons
named herein (the "Selling Shareholders").

     The  Selling  Shareholders  consist of  Paulson  Investment  Company,  Inc.
("Paulson")  and certain  officers or  employees  of Paulson.  All of the shares
included in this  Prospectus  are issuable upon exercise of warrants to purchase
Common Stock  granted to Paulson in connection  with the  Company's  1994 public
offering of units.  Paulson acted as the  representative of the underwriters and
received the warrants as partial consideration for such services.  Subsequent to
the issuance of the warrants,  Paulson  transferred  portions of the warrants to
certain of its officers and employees  named herein.  If all of the warrants are
exercised  by the Selling  Shareholders,  the Company  would  receive  aggregate
proceeds from the payment of the exercise price by the Selling  Shareholders  of
$1,446,875  which the Company  anticipates  would be used for general  corporate
purposes.

     The  distribution  of the shares included in this Prospectus by the Selling
Shareholders may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions which
may involve  individual or private  transactions,  transactions  on the American
Stock Exchange ("AMEX"),  negotiated transactions or otherwise, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale,  at prices  relating to such  prevailing  market
prices or at  negotiated  prices.  In  connection  with such  transactions,  the
Selling  Shareholders  may employ brokers who may receive  commissions for sales
made by them.

     No part of the  proceeds  of the sale by the  Selling  Shareholders  of the
shares included in this Prospectus will be received by the Company.  The Company
will bear expenses in connection with the offering of the shares estimated to be
approximately $6,000.

     The  Common  Stock of the  Company  is listed on the AMEX  under the symbol
"PPD."


     SEE  INVESTMENT  CONSIDERATIONS  FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN  FACTORS TO BE
CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMON STOCK.




     THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR  ANY  STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  NOR  HAS  THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  PASSED
UPON THE  ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS  PROSPECTUS.  ANY  REPRESENTATION  TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.






                 The date of this Prospectus is _______, 1995.


<PAGE>


                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     The Company is subject to the informational  requirements of the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and in  accordance
therewith files reports,  proxy and information statements and other information
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the  "Commission").  Such reports,
proxy and information  statements and other information filed by the Company may
be inspected  and copied at the public  reference  facilities  maintained by the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street,  N.W., Room 1024,  Judiciary Plaza,  Washington,
D.C. 20549, and at the following Regional Offices of the Commission, except that
copies of the exhibits may not be available at certain of the Regional  Offices:
Chicago Regional Office,  Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street,  Suite 1400,
Chicago,  Illinois  60661-2511;  and New York  Regional  Office,  7 World  Trade
Center,  Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048.  Copies of such material may also
be obtained by mail at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street,  N.W., Room 1024,  Judiciary Plaza,  Washington,
D.C.  20549.  The Common  Stock of the Company is listed on the  American  Stock
Exchange,  and  reports,  proxy  statements  and other  information  may also be
inspected at the public reference facility maintained by that exchange.

     The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration  Statement on Form
S-3 (the "Registration  Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the  "Securities  Act"),  with  respect  to the  securities  included  in  this
Prospectus.  This  Prospectus,  which  constitutes  a part  of the  Registration
Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration
Statement  and the exhibits  thereto,  to which  reference  is hereby made.  Any
interested  party may  inspect  the  Registration  Statement,  and the  exhibits
thereto,  without charge,  at the public reference  facilities of the Commission
and may obtain copies of all or any portion of the  Registration  Statement from
the Commission upon payment of the prescribed fees.

                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The  following  documents  filed by the  Company  with the  Commission  are
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:

     1.The  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended  December
31, 1994.

     2.The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March
31, 1994.

     3.The  description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated  October 10,  1986,  as amended by the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated as of July 20, 1994.

     In addition,  all documents  subsequently  filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be  incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. The Company will provide without charge to
each person to whom this Prospectus is delivered,  upon written or oral request,
a copy of any or all of the foregoing documents incorporated herein by reference
(other than  exhibits to such  documents).  Requests  should be made to Pre-Paid
Legal  Services,  Inc.,  Investor  Relations  Department,  P. O. Box  145,  Ada,
Oklahoma  74820.  The  Company's  telephone  number  at that  address  is  (405)
436-1234.


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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                                      Page

Available Information ...............................................   2

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference .....................   2

The Company .........................................................   4

Investment Considerations ...........................................   4

Selling Shareholders ................................................   4

Indemnification and Limitation of Liability of Officers and Directors   5

Legal Matters .......................................................   5

Experts .............................................................   5








     No  person  has  been  authorized  to give any  information  or to make any
representations  other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus in connection with the offering  described  herein,  and, if given or
made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company.  This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell
or a solicitation  of an offer to buy any securities  covered by this Prospectus
in any  jurisdiction  to any person to whom it is  unlawful to make any offer of
solicitation.  The delivery of this  Prospectus  at any time does not imply that
the information  contained or incorporated by reference  herein is correct as of
any time subsequent to the date hereof or subsequent to the respective  dates of
the documents incorporated by reference herein.





     "Pre-Paid Legal Services" is a registered  trademark of the Company.  All
rights are fully reserved.

<PAGE>


                                  THE COMPANY

     The Company develops, underwrites and markets legal expense plans (referred
to as  "Contracts")  which  provide for or reimburse a portion of the legal fees
associated  with a variety  of legal  services  in a manner  similar  to medical
reimbursement  plans.  The Company or its  predecessor  has been involved in the
prepaid  legal  services  industry  since 1972.  As a result of over 20 years of
experience,  the Company has  developed a data base  concerning  utilization  of
Contract  benefits,  an extensive  network of  independent  attorneys  providing
services to its members,  and substantial  knowledge and experience with respect
to the industry's regulatory environment.

     The address of the Company's  principal  executive offices is 321 East Main
Street,  Ada,  Oklahoma 74820, and its telephone number at that address is (405)
436-1234.


                           INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS

     Prospective  purchasers of the Common Stock should  consider  carefully the
following.

Dependence on Management

     The success of the Company depends  substantially  on the continued  active
participation  of its  principal  executive  officer,  Harland  C.  Stonecipher.
Although the Company's  management  includes other  individuals with significant
experience  in the  business  of the  Company,  the loss of the  services of Mr.
Stonecipher  could have a material  adverse  effect on the  Company's  financial
condition and results of operations.

                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

     The following table sets forth as of May 1, 1995, certain information known
to the  Company  with  respect  to the  beneficial  ownership  of  shares of the
Company's  Common  Stock by each  Selling  Shareholder.  Shares  proposed  to be
offered may or may not ultimately be sold by any Selling Shareholder.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                     Shares Beneficially                          Shares
                         Owned Prior        Shares to       Beneficially
Selling Shareholder     to Offering(1)       be Sold    Owned After Offering (2)

                                                             Number      Percent
<S>                        <C>               <C>          <C>        <C>

Paulson Investment         479,094           479,094      -          -
Company, Inc.

Chester L.F. Paulson        59,052            59,052      -          -

Thomas E. McChesney         59,052            59,052      -          -

Lorraine Maxfield           29,526            29,526      -          -

William A. Berg             29,526            29,526      -          -

- -------------
<FN>

     (1) The shares indicated as beneficially owned by the Selling  Shareholders
consist  entirely of shares that may be  acquired  upon  exercise of warrants to
purchase Common Stock as described elsewhere herein.

     (2) Assumes all shares  proposed to be offered hereby are sold and no other
shares of Common Stock are purchased or sold.
</FN>
</TABLE>

<PAGE>


                  INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
                           OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     The Bylaws of the Company  provide that the Company  shall  indemnify,  and
advance litigation expenses to, its directors and officers,  and persons serving
at the request of the Company as directors or officers of another enterprise, to
the fullest  extent  permitted by the laws of the State of Oklahoma.  Insofar as
indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the  Securities  Act  may  be
permitted to the  directors  and  officers of the Company,  the Company has been
advised that, in the opinion of the Commission,  such indemnification is against
public  policy  as  expressed  in  the   Securities   Act  and  is,   therefore,
unenforceable.

     The Oklahoma General Corporation Act authorizes an Oklahoma  corporation to
limit or to eliminate  the  personal  liability  of its  directors  for monetary
damages for breaches of fiduciary duty. Absent such limitation or elimination, a
director  may be liable  to a  corporation  and its  stockholders  for  monetary
damages for conduct constituting gross negligence in the exercise of the duty of
care.  Although  it does  not  change  the duty of care,  the  Oklahoma  General
Corporation  Act allows the  limitation  of the  available  relief to  equitable
remedies,  such as an injunction or rescission.  However, such relief may not be
effective in all cases.  The Certificate of  Incorporation of the Company limits
the  liability of directors  to the Company or its  stockholders  to the fullest
extent permitted by the Oklahoma General Corporation Act.

                                 LEGAL MATTERS

     The  validity of the issuance of the shares  offered  hereby will be passed
upon for the Company by Crowe & Dunlevy,  A Professional  Corporation,  Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
                                    EXPERTS

     The  consolidated  balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 1994 and
the related  consolidated  statements of  operations,  changes in  stockholders'
equity and cash flows for the year then ended incorporated in this Prospectus by
reference  to the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB  for the year ended
December  31,  1994 have been  audited  by  Deloitte & Touche  LLP,  independent
auditors,  as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference,
and have been so  incorporated  in  reliance  upon the report of such firm given
upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

     The  consolidated  balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 1993 and
the related  consolidated  statements of  operations,  changes in  stockholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
1993 incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the year ended  December 31, 1994 have been so  incorporated  in reliance on the
reports of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority
of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

     Any future financial statements hereafter incorporated by reference will be
incorporated  in reliance upon the reports of the firm examining such statements
and upon the  authority of any such firm as experts in auditing and  accounting,
to the extent  that any such firm has audited  those  financial  statements  and
consented to the  incorporation  herein by reference of its reports with respect
thereto.

<PAGE>


                                    PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

     The following table contains an itemized statement of the estimated amounts
of expenses in  connection  with the  issuance of the Common  Stock which is the
subject of the Registration Statement, all of which expenses will be paid by the
Registrant:
 <TABLE>

 <S>                                  <C>

SEC Registration Fee ..............   $1,152
 Legal Fees and Expenses ..........    1,500
 Accounting Fees and Expenses......    3,000
  Miscellaneous Expenses ..........      348
 Total ............................   $6,000
</TABLE>

Item 15.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Section  1031  of the  Oklahoma  General  Corporation  Act  provides  broad
authority for the indemnification of, and the advancement of litigation expenses
to, the directors and officers of an Oklahoma  corporation.  Section 1066 of the
Oklahoma General Corporation Act provides broad authority for the elimination or
limitation of the personal liability of directors of an Oklahoma  corporation to
the Oklahoma  corporation and its shareholders for monetary damages for breaches
of fiduciary  duty. The Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation,  as
amended,  and Bylaws of the Registrant provide for  indemnification  of, and the
advancement  of litigation  expenses to,  directors and officers to the broadest
extent permitted by Oklahoma law and provided for the elimination and limitation
of the  personal  liability of  directors  for monetary  damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by Oklahoma law.

Item 16.  Exhibits

Exhibit
  No.                                     Description

5.1    Opinion of  Crowe & Dunlevy,  a Professional Corporation, on  legality of
       securities.
3.1    Consent of Crowe &  Dunlevy,  a  Professional  Corporation  (included  in
       Exhibit 5.1).
3.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
3.3    Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
4.1    Powers of Attorney.


Item 17.  Undertakings

         The Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which it offers or sells  securities,  a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to:

         (i)  Include  any  prospectus  required  by  Section  10(a)(3)  of  the
     Securities Act of 1933;

         (ii) Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which,  individually
     or  together,  present  a  fundamental  change  in the  information  in the
     Registration Statement; and

         (iii) Include any  additional or changed  material  information  on the
     plan of distribution.

<PAGE>

Provided,  however,  that the  undertakings  set forth in paragraphs  (1)(I) and
(1)(ii)  above do not apply if the  information  required  to be included in the
post-effective  amendment by those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

     (2) That for  determining  liability under the Securities Act of 1993, each
such post-effective  amendment shall be treated as a new registration  statement
of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time shall
be treated as the initial bona fide offering.

     (3) To file a post-effective  amendment to remove from  registration any of
the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of the
Registrant   pursuant  to  the  provisions  referred  to  in  Item  15  of  this
Registration  Statement,  or otherwise,  the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange  Commission such  indemnification  is
against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act of 1933  and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the Registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed in the  Securities  Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.



<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized in the City of Ada, State of Oklahoma on May 15, 1995.

                                                   PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

                                                   By: /s/ RANDY HARP
                                                   Randy Harp
                                                   Chief Financial Officer

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

         Name                 Position                               Date

/s/ HARLAND C. STONECIPHER*   Chairman of the Board of Directors    May 15, 1995
Harland C. Stonecipher        and Chief Executive Officer
                              (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JACK MILDREN*             President and Director                May 15, 1995
Jack Mildren

/s/ KATHLEEN S. PINSON*       Vice President, Controller and        May 15, 1995
Kathleen S. Pinson            Director (Principal Accounting
                              Officer)

/s/ RANDY HARP                Chief Financial Officer and Director  May 15, 1995
Randy Harp                    (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ PETER K. GRUNEBAUM*       Director                              May 15, 1995
Peter K. Grunebaum

/s/ WILBURN L. SMITH*         Director                              May 15, 1995
Wilburn L. Smith

/s/ CHARLES H. WALLS*         Director                              May 15, 1995
Charles H. Walls


*By:   /s/ RANDY HARP
       Randy Harp
       Attorney-in-fact




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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


     Exhibit
       No.                                   Description


       5.1               Opinion of Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation,
                         on legality of securities.

      23.1               Consent of Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation
                         (included in Exhibit 5.1).

      23.2               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

      23.3               Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.

      24.1               Powers of Attorney.




                                                                            
























                                  EXHIBIT 5.1


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                                                                    May 15, 1995

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
321 East Main Street
Ada, Oklahoma 74820

     Re:  Pre-Paid Legal  Services,  Inc. -  Registration  Statement on Form S-3
Relating to 656,250 Shares of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     You have  requested  our advice with  respect to the legality of the common
stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common  Stock"),  of Pre-Paid Legal Services,
Inc. (the "Company") issuable (i) upon exercise of the Representative's  Warrant
issued  to   Paulson   Investment   Company,   Inc.   on  June  16,   1994  (the
"Representative's  Warrant") and (ii) upon exercise of the "Unit  Warrants" that
underlie the Representative's Warrants.

     We have  examined,  and are familiar  with,  the  originals or copies,  the
authenticity  of  which  have  been  established  to  our  satisfaction,  of all
documents and other instruments we have deemed necessary to express the opinions
hereinafter  set forth.  We have assumed the accuracy and  completeness  of such
documents and instruments and of the information contained therein.

     Based on the foregoing, and upon consideration of applicable law, it is our
opinion that the 437,500  shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon exercise of the
Representative's  Warrants and the 218,500  shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the "Unit  Warrants"  that underlie the  Representative's  Warrants,
will, upon payment therefor and delivery thereof in accordance with the terms of
such warrants, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     We  hereby  consent  to the  use  of  this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
above-captioned  Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the
Registration  Statement and the  Prospectus  included  therein under the heading
"Legal Matters."

                                                      Respectfully submitted,

                                                      CROWE & DUNLEVY
                                                      A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION


                                                      By: /s/ MICHAEL M. STEWART
                                                      Michael M. Stewart





                                                                            























                                  EXHIBIT 23.2


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                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of Pre-Paid  Legal  Services,  Inc. of our report dated February 27,
1995 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Pre-Paid  Legal  Services,
Inc. for the year ended  December 31, 1994 and to the  reference to us under the
heading  "Experts"  in such Prospectus,  which  is  part  of  this  Registration
Statement.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 15, 1995







                                                                            






















                                  EXHIBIT 23.3


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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We hereby  consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
May 16, 1994  appearing on page 22 of Pre-Paid  Legal  Services,  Inc.'s  Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended  December 31, 1994.  We also consent to
the references to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.


/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Price Waterhouse LLP
Dallas, Texas
May 15, 1995








                                                                           























                                  EXHIBIT 24.1


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints Randy Harp and Kathleen S. Pinson,  and each or any of them, his or her
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution,  for him or her and in his or her name,  place and stead, in any
and all capacities,  to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-3, relating to
the offer and sale of 656,250  shares of Common  Stock of the Company by holders
of those  certain  Representative's  Warrants  issued by the Company on June 16,
1994, and any and all amendments thereto (including  post-effective  amendments)
and to file the same,  with exhibits  thereto and other  documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing  requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and  purposes  as he or she might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their or
his or her  substitute  or  substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Signature                              Title                            Date


/s/ HARLAND C. STONECIPHER             Chairman of the              May 15, 1995
Harland C. Stonecipher                 Board of Directors
                                       and Chief Executive
                                       Officer



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints Harland C. Stonecipher and Kathleen S. Pinson, and each or any of them,
his or her true and  lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form
S-3,  relating  to the offer and sale of 656,250  shares of Common  Stock of the
Company by  holders of those  certain  Representative's  Warrants  issued by the
Company  on  June  16,  1994,  and any and  all  amendments  thereto  (including
post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each said  attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing  requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent or any
of them, or their or his or her  substitute or  substitutes,  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature                              Title                          Date


/s/ RANDY HARP                         Chief Financial              May 15, 1995
Randy Harp                             Officer and
                                       Director


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints  Harland C. Stonecipher and Randy Harp, and each or any of them, his or
her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and  resubstitution,  for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-3, relating
to the  offer and sale of  656,250  shares of  Common  Stock of the  Company  by
holders of those certain Representative's Warrants issued by the Company on June
16,  1994,  and  any  and  all  amendments  thereto  (including   post-effective
amendments) and to file the same,  with exhibits  thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
each said  attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or their
or his or her substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Signature                              Title                           Date


/s/ KATHLEEN S. PINSON                 Vice President,              May 15, 1995
Kathleen S. Pinson                     Controller and
                                       Director





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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that the undersigned  hereby  constitutes and
appoints Harland C. Stonecipher,  Randy Harp and Kathleen S. Pinson, and each or
any of them, his or her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent,  with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign the Registration  Statement
on Form S-3, relating to the offer and sale of 656,250 shares of Common Stock of
the Company by holders of those certain Representative's  Warrants issued by the
Company  on  June  16,  1994,  and any and  all  amendments  thereto  (including
post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each said  attorney-in-fact  and agent full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing  requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents  and  purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact and agent or any
of them, or their or his or her  substitute or  substitutes,  may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature                             Title                            Date


/s/ JACK MILDREN                      President                     May 15, 1995
Jack Mildren                          and Director


/s/ WILBURN L. SMITH                  Director                      May 15, 1995
Wilburn L. Smith


/s/ CHARLES H. WALLS                  Director                      May 15, 1995
Charles H. Walls


/s/ PETER K. GRUNEBAUM                Director                      May 15, 1995
Peter K. Grunebaum




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