1, which has sufficient reasons to prove that it really needs legal help to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests;
2. The recipient is unable to pay part or all of the legal service fees due to financial difficulties. Among them, rural areas belong to social relief objects, and the income of their family members in cities and towns does not exceed the minimum living security line stipulated by the municipal government, and there is no other source of income;
3, whether the application is in line with the scope of legal aid;
4, blind, deaf, dumb and minors are criminal defendants or criminal suspects, and the defendant may be sentenced to death, but did not entrust a defense lawyer, should get legal aid;
5. Other criminal defendants and suspects, such as the disabled and the elderly, who are unable to hire a defense lawyer due to financial difficulties, can obtain legal aid;
6. In criminal cases, if the defendant of foreign nationality has not entrusted a defender and the court appoints a lawyer to defend him, he can get legal aid.
legal ground
Legal aid regulations
Article 10 For the following matters that need to be represented due to economic difficulties, citizens who have not entrusted an agent may apply to legal aid institutions for legal aid:
(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. Eleventh in criminal proceedings, under any of the following circumstances, citizens can 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.