1. There are sufficient reasons to prove that you need help to safeguard your legitimate rights and interests;
2, due to economic difficulties, unable or completely unable to pay legal service fees (citizens' financial difficulties standards shall be implemented by the local government with reference to the provisions of local government departments).
(two) blind, deaf, dumb and minors are criminal defendants or criminal suspects, and they shall obtain legal aid if they have not entrusted a defense lawyer. Other disabled and elderly people who are criminal defendants or criminal suspects and are unable to hire a defense lawyer due to financial difficulties can get legal aid. If a criminal defendant who may be sentenced to death fails to entrust a defense lawyer, he shall obtain legal aid.
(3) In criminal cases, if the defendant of foreign nationality has not entrusted a defender and the people's court appoints a lawyer to defend him, he may obtain legal aid.
(4) An applicant for legal aid who has been examined and approved, or a criminal defendant or criminal suspect who meets the requirements and accepts the designation of the people's court as the recipient. In the process of legal aid, the recipient can know the progress of legal aid activities; The recipient has facts to prove that the legal aid contractor did not perform his duties correctly, and may request the replacement of the contractor.
(5) The recipient shall pay the service fee to the legal aid institution when he obtains significant benefits from the settlement of a case or matter in need of assistance.
Legal basis: Article 10 of the Regulations on Legal Aid. If a citizen fails to entrust an agent for the following matters, he may apply to a legal aid institution 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.
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.