ARTICLE 14. Funds for the Provision of Legal Services to Indigent Persons [6210. - 6228.]
Article 14 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 789, Sec. 1.
§§ 6210–6228 · 21 sections
- § 6210 The Legislature finds that, due to insufficient funding, existing programs providing free legal services in civil matters to indigent persons, especially…
- § 6210.5 (a) There shall be created, within the State Bar, a Legal Services Trust Fund Commission to administer IOLTA accounts, Equal Access Funds, or similar funds or…
- § 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 account in…
- § 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 following…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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, and that…
- § 6215 (a) Support centers satisfying the qualifications specified in subdivision (b) of Section 6213 which were operating an office and providing services in…
- § 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.…
- § 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…
- § 6218 All legal services projects and support centers receiving funds pursuant to this article shall adopt financial eligibility guidelines for indigent persons. (a)…
- § 6219 Qualified legal services projects and support centers may use funds provided under this article for the following: (a) To provide work opportunities with pay,…
- § 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…
- § 6221 Qualified legal services projects shall make significant efforts to utilize 20 percent of the funds allocated under this article for increasing the…
- § 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 by a…
- § 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…
- § 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 to terminate…
- § 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 allocated…
- § 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 stating that…
- § 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. Claims arising by…
- § 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…