Can the legal aid center consult for free?

The legal aid center can consult for free. The legal aid center is the official name of the government's legal aid institutions, and the judicial administrative departments of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities divided into districts and counties determine the legal aid institutions within their respective administrative areas according to their needs. It is a specialized legal service institution established by the state, which provides free legal services for vulnerable groups who need legal services due to financial difficulties but cannot afford to hire lawyers and specific personnel who need legal help according to the law but have not hired lawyers themselves, such as those who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty in criminal cases and minors who commit crimes.

Scope of legal aid:

1. Cases requesting state compensation according to law;

2. Cases requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;

3. Cases requesting payment of pensions and relief funds;

4. Cases requesting payment of alimony, alimony and alimony;

5. Cases that require payment of labor remuneration or economic compensation or compensation due to labor relations;

6. Cases requiring compensation for serious personal injury;

7, because of domestic violence, abuse or abandonment request to change or terminate the adoption, guardianship cases;

8. Cases in which the injured party requests for divorce due to domestic violence, abuse or abandonment, bigamy of the other party or cohabitation of the spouse with others;

9. Requesting legal advice, representation and defense due to criminal investigation and prosecution;

10, other matters stipulated by the state and province.

Legal basis: Article 10 of the Regulations on Legal Aid.

If a citizen fails to entrust an agent due to financial difficulties, he may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid on the following matters that need to be represented:

(1) Requesting state compensation according to law;

(2) Requesting social insurance benefits or minimum living security benefits;

(3) Requesting pensions and relief funds;

(4) Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony;

(5) Requesting payment of labor remuneration;

(six) to claim the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous behavior.

The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may make supplementary provisions on legal aid matters other than those stipulated in the preceding paragraph.

Citizens may apply to legal aid institutions for legal advice on matters specified in the first and second paragraphs of this article.

Article 11

Under any of the following circumstances in criminal proceedings, citizens may apply for legal aid from legal aid institutions:

(1) The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken;

(2) The victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date when the case was transferred for examination and prosecution;

(three) since the case of private prosecution was accepted by the people's court, the private prosecutor and his legal representative have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties.