When requesting legal aid, the parties concerned must apply in written form, fill in the prescribed format and contents, and pay attention to submitting the following materials: my ID card, household registration certificate or temporary residence permit, the applicant's financial status certificate issued by the relevant unit, the basic situation of applying for assistance and other materials required by the legal aid institution. If the applicant is really unable to fill in the application form and provide written materials due to objective reasons, he may ask the staff to cooperate in filling in and recording.
Citizens applying for legal aid agency and criminal defense shall submit the following documents and supporting materials:
(1) ID card or other valid identification, and the agent applicant shall also submit the agent certificate;
(2) proof of economic difficulties;
(3) Case materials related to the application for legal aid.
The application shall be in written form and fill in the application form; If it is really difficult to apply in writing, you can apply orally, and the staff of the legal aid institution or the staff of the relevant institution that forwarded the application shall make a written record.
The operation process of applying for legal aid in criminal cases is to prepare materials such as proof of financial difficulties and apply to local legal aid institutions. Generally, a written application must be submitted, and the legal aid institution will review the application of the parties. In line with the conditions of legal aid, provide corresponding legal aid to the parties.
Legal basis:
Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his near relatives may apply to a legal aid institution. To meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall appoint lawyers to defend them.
If the criminal suspect or defendant is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and has not entrusted a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.
If a criminal suspect or defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death without entrusting a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.