California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 14 - Funds for the Provision of Legal Services to Indigent Persons
- Section 6210.
The Legislature finds that, due to insufficient funding, existing programs providing free legal services in civil matters to indigent persons, especially underserved client groups, such...
- Section 6211.
(a) An attorney or law firm that, in the course of the practice of law, receives or disburses trust funds shall establish and maintain an IOLTA...
- Section 6212.
An attorney who, or a law firm that, establishes an IOLTA account pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6211 shall comply with all of the...
- Section 6213.
As used in this article:(a) “Qualified legal services project” means either of the following:(1) A nonprofit project incorporated and operated exclusively in California that provides as its...
- Section 6214.
(a) Projects meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 6213 which are funded either in whole or part by the Legal Services Corporation or with...
- Section 6214.5.
A law school program that meets the definition of a “qualified legal services project” as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 6213,...
- Section 6215.
(a) Support centers satisfying the qualifications specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6213 which were operating an office and providing services in California on December 31,...
- Section 6216.
The State Bar shall distribute all moneys received under the program established by this article for the provision of civil legal services to indigent persons....
- Section 6217.
With respect to the provision of legal assistance under this article, each recipient shall ensure all of the following:(a) The maintenance of quality service and professional...
- Section 6218.
All legal services projects and support centers receiving funds pursuant to this article shall adopt financial eligibility guidelines for indigent persons.(a) Qualified legal services programs shall...
- Section 6219.
Qualified legal services projects and support centers may use funds provided under this article to provide work opportunities with pay, and where feasible, scholarships for...
- Section 6220.
Attorneys in private practice who are providing legal services without charge to indigent persons shall not be disqualified from receiving the services of the qualified...
- Section 6221.
Qualified legal services projects shall make significant efforts to utilize 20 percent of the funds allocated under this article for increasing the availability of services...
- Section 6222.
A recipient of funds allocated pursuant to this article annually shall submit a financial statement to the State Bar, including an audit of the funds...
- Section 6223.
No funds allocated by the State Bar pursuant to this article shall be used for any of the following purposes:(a) The provision of legal assistance with...
- Section 6224.
The State Bar shall have the power to determine that an applicant for funding is not qualified to receive funding, to deny future funding, or...
- Section 6225.
The Board of Trustees of the State Bar shall adopt the regulations and procedures necessary to implement this article and to ensure that the funds...
- Section 6226.
The program authorized by this article shall become operative only upon the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Trustees of the State Bar...
- Section 6227.
Nothing in this article shall create an obligation or pledge of the credit of the State of California or of the State Bar of California....
- Section 6228.
If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any group or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other...
Last modified: October 22, 2018