13.23 - PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
13.23 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
A person may obtain legal representation and legal assistance from
the contracting legal services provider if the person meets all of
the following criteria:
1. Is a resident of the state of Iowa.
2. Is a farmer, or a family shareholder of a family farm
corporation, and has an occupation of farming.
3. Is engaged in a farm business that has a debt-to-asset ratio
greater than fifty percent.
4. Has received less than twenty thousand dollars of taxable
income in the last taxable year.
5. Is financially unable to acquire legal assistance. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1214, § 5