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Georgia | Ga. R Unif. Mun. Ct. R. 21 | Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Defendants |
The municipal court shall have a procedure and forms consistent with state law in order to determine indigence and to appoint counsel to defendants who apply and qualify for appointed + See morecounsel. The applications shall be available though the clerk of the municipal court.
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Massachusetts | S.J.C. Rule 3:10(10)(a) | Assignment of Counsel |
If a judge determines that a party is indigent, the judge may not order, require, or solicit the party to make any payment toward the cost of counsel, except for + See morean indigent counsel fee. The indigent counsel fee shall be waived where a judge, after the indigency verification process, determines that the party is unable without substantial financial hardship to pay the indigent counsel fee within 180 days. Where the indigent counsel fee is not waived, the judge may authorize the party to perform community service in lieu of payment of the indigent counsel fee in accordance with G. L. c. 211D, § 2A(g). The clerk shall enter the judge's determination on the court docket.
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