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Legal Financial Obligations

Legal Financial Obligations 10/2016 [1]

• Northwest Justice Project publication explains the different types of legal financial obligations that the court can order you to pay and what to do if you cannot afford to pay them.
• Source Page [2]

Filing a Motion to Remit (Remove) Legal Financial Obligations in Superior Court 9/2016 [3]

• Northwest Justice Project publication. After you are convicted of a crime in superior court, and as part of your sentencing, the judge orders you to pay money to the courts, city and/or victims involved. This money is your legal financial obligation (LFO). This packet tells you how to ask the judge to reduce or waive your obligations in superior court.
• Source Page [4]

Filing a Motion to Remit (Remove) Legal Financial Obligations in District or Municipal Court [5]

• Northwest Justice Project publication. After you are convicted of a crime in district or municipal court, and as part of your sentencing, the judge orders you to pay money to the courts, city and/or victims involved. This money is your legal financial obligation (LFO). This packet tells you how to ask the judge to reduce or waive your obligations in district or municipal court."
• Source Page [6]

Legal Assistance

Northwest Justice Project - Get Legal Help

• Find out how to Get Legal Help and if you qualify for free legal aid. [7]
• CLEAR Hotline - If you are low-income, call our toll-free hotline, CLEAR (Coordinated Legal Education, Advice and Referral). You can call CLEAR Monday-Friday from 9:15 am to 12:15 pm, at 1-888-201-1014. Generally, we first screen callers for income eligibility and type of legal problem. If it’s not a type of problem we can help with, such as a criminal law problem or personal injury case, we’ll do our best to refer you somewhere that can help.[8]
• Assistance for people who are currently incarcerated is very limited. Call 206-382-1943 for more information.
• Read more about calling clear [9]

Washington State Board Moderate Means Service [10]

• To be eligible for the Moderate Means Program, you must be facing a family, housing, or consumer law issue and your household income must fall between 200%–400% of the federal poverty level (FPL).

Neighborhood Legal Clinic - King County Bar Association

• The purpose of the Neighborhood Legal Clinics program (NLC) is to offer free, limited legal advice and referrals to King County residents and Washington State residents with legal issues in King County who might otherwise have no access to the legal system. It is a goal of the program to make the clinics accessible regardless of barriers such as income, education, language or disability.[11]
• KCBA Pro Bono Services [12]
• Neighborhood Legal Clinics Brochure [13]
• Legal Resources and Assistance Brochure [14]

Columbia Legal Service

• Institutions Project [15]

*Email re: getting reentry clinic information online

Union Gospel Mission Legal Services [16]

• We're giving poor and homeless men and women a voice, so they can move on to the next stage of life. By clearing up their legal issues we equip them to leave chronic homelessness in the past. Our volunteer lawyers and paralegals meet with each client to hear their story. Then we help them build a plan to address the issue. We exist to provide affordable legal assistance to those in greatest need.
• Flyer [17]

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project [18]

• Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) is a non-profit legal services office that provides legal

representation and community education to low-income immigrants in Washington State.

• Eligibility [19]
• Washington Attorneys [20]
• Direct Legal Services [21]
• Community Education [22]