1. If the applicant has financial difficulties or other circumstances that require legal aid, he may apply to the local legal aid institution;
2. Submit the ID card or other valid identification, proof of economic difficulties, and case materials related to the application for legal aid;
3, legal aid institutions to review, to meet the conditions of legal aid, legal aid institutions shall promptly decide to provide legal aid.
Legal aid in China has the following characteristics:
1, legal aid is an act of the state, which is organized and implemented by legal aid institutions established by the state. It embodies the obligation of the state to citizens;
2. Legal aid is a legal and institutionalized act and an important part of the national social security system;
3 recipients are persons with financial difficulties, the disabled, the weak or special objects designated by the people's court;
4. The legal aid institution collects the legal service fee from the recipient, and the court reduces the litigation fee such as the case acceptance fee to the recipient;
5. The forms of legal aid include both litigation legal services and non-litigation legal services. Mainly take the following forms: criminal defense and civil agency; Agents in civil and administrative litigation; Non-litigation legal affairs agency; Notarial certificate.
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, request state compensation according to law;
2, request to give social insurance benefits or minimum living allowance;
3. Requesting to pay pensions and relief funds;
4. Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony;
5. Requesting payment of labor remuneration;
6. Advocate the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous deeds.
Legal basis:
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.
Article 12 In a case where a public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, if the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, and the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid.
If the defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor without a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death without a defender, when the people's court appoints a defender for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial situation.