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Tax collection agency for state and local governments. The department regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The department also oversees local property tax assessments, and functions as the funding agent for the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

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Property tax relief program for eligible homeowners, including those over age 65, disabled individuals, and disabled veterans.
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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Labor and Employment Law
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides collection of property taxes, conducts annual tax sale for delinquent taxes, processes vehicle transactions, and issues motor vehicle titles and registrations.

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Tax Forms
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Information
Motor Vehicle Registration
County Government Departments/Offices
County Treasurer Offices

Offers an exemption that "freezes" the senior citizen's property's equalized assessed value the year that the senior citizen qualifies for the exemption. The property's equalized assessed value does not increase as long as qualification for the exemption continues. The tax bill may still increase if any tax rates are increased or if improvements are added that increase the value of the property.

Maintains official real estate documents, contracts, articles of incorporation, partnerships, state tax liens, military records, birth, divorce and death records/certificates. Offers marriage licenses and accepts Passportapplications with photo services. Military Recordsfor tax exemptions and benefits also available.

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Tax Information
Birth Certificates
Death Certificates
Military Records
County Government Departments/Offices
Divorce Records
Marriage Licenses
Passports
County Recorder Offices
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Labor and Employment Law
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Tax Information
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Advance Medical Directives
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Housing Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling
This exemption "freezes" the senior citizen's property's equalized assessed value the year that the senior citizen qualifies for the exemption. The property's equalized assessed value does not increase as long as qualification for the exemption continues. The tax bill may still increase if any tax rates are increased or if improvements are added that increase the value of the property.

Tax collection agency.

Taxpayer assistance.

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Labor and Employment Law
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Categories

Tax Forms
Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Tax Information
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Advance Medical Directives
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Housing Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling

Tax collection agency.

Taxpayer assistance.

Property assessments for tax valuation purposes; lookup and mapping tool available online.

Homestead exemptions provide relief from property taxes by exempting all or a portion of the valuation of a home from taxation; the percentage of relief is based on the applicant's income level and home valuation; applications accepted by June 30 each year, some late applications may be accepted under certain conditions (medically incapacitated, in a residential care facility, etc.).

Exemptions eligibility requirements:


Seniors

-- Be 65 years of age or older before January 1st of the application year.


Disabled Individuals

-- Have a permanent physical disability and cannot walk without the regular use of a mechanical aide or prosthesis

-- Have undergone amputation of both arms above the elbows

-- Have a permanent partial disability of both arms in excess of 75%


Disabled Veterans or Widow(er) of a Qualified Veteran

-- A wartime veteran drawing compensation from the VA due to a 100% service connected disability

-- An un-remarried widow/widower of an above qualified veteran

- A wartime veteran totally disabled due to a non-service connected illness or accident

-- A veteran whose home is substantially contributed to by the VA


Other Qualifications

-- The valuation of the home cannot exceed 200% (225% for veterans and persons with qualifying disabilities) of the County's average assessed value for single family residences. (In 2017 the average assessed value was $159,840)

-- The maximum exemption available is 100% of the County's average assessed value for single family residences (120% for disabled veterans and persons with qualifying disabilities)

-- The home must be owned and occupied between January 1 and August 15 of the tax year being exempted

-- The applicants must meet the income guidelines

Categories

Tax Forms
County Government Departments/Offices
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Information

Tax collection agency.

Taxpayer assistance.

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Labor and Employment Law
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides collection of property taxes, conducts annual tax sale for delinquent taxes, processes vehicle transactions, and issues motor vehicle titles and registrations.

Categories

County Government Departments/Offices
County Treasurer Offices
Motor Vehicle Registration
Tax Information
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Labor and Employment Law
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Tax Information
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Advance Medical Directives
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Housing Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Categories

Tax Forms
Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance

Provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Tax Information
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Debt Management
Advance Medical Directives
Legal Representation
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Housing Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling
General assistance provides emergency financial assistance for utilities.

Offers a medical equipment loan program, which also accepts donations of medical equipment.

Provides notary services and voter registration.

Handles applications for Senior Freeze/Property Taxes and Circuit Breaker program for seniors and disabled persons, as well as food stamps application.

Provides property tax assessments and appeals.

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Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Tax Information
Tax Forms
Voter Registration Offices
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Notary Public Services
Tax collection agency for state and local governments. The department regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The department also oversees local property tax assessments, and functions as the funding agent for the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

Information about tax accounts. Processes applications for Federal Tax Identification Numbers.

Taxpayer Advocacy Services provide free, independent, and confidential tax assistance to taxpayers unable to resolve their tax problems through normal channels or individuals experiencing a hardship. Helps individual and business taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS.

Categories

Tax Forms
Tax Information
Tax Collection Agencies
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance