Legal aid usually refers to a kind of free guarantee provided by the state when the parties are unable to entrust a lawyer to file a lawsuit for economic reasons or other special reasons. If you want to apply for legal aid, you need to apply to the local legal aid center. Of course, according to the legal requirements of our country, you need to meet certain requirements and provide specified materials to apply for legal aid.
When legal aid is needed, first file a case in the court, and then bring relevant materials to the legal aid center for review. You must be eligible to apply for legal aid first. After the approval, the relevant departments will inform me that I need to submit proof of financial difficulties and other related materials. The specific materials are as follows:
1. Relevant materials that can prove my identity, such as original ID card and household registration book. If a party is unable to conduct a lawsuit normally, he may entrust his legal representative or guardian, no matter who he is, to provide legal and valid proof;
2. Relevant materials that can prove my financial difficulties, including all the property under my name, or I can go to my street or village committee to issue a certificate of difficulties;
3. Other relevant materials, including case proof materials, kinship proof materials and other agreements, contracts and other materials required for applying for assistance. Detailed information should be submitted according to the requirements of the assistance center.
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Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 35 If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to appoint 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.