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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

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

Consumer Law
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Legal Representation
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Tax Information
Labor and Employment Law
Protective/Restraining Orders
General Legal Aid
Allows deferment of payment of property tax until transfer of the property for low income persons. Eligible persons may have to reapply each fiscal year to continue to defer taxes.
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
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Voter Registration Offices
Tax Information
Tax Forms
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Notary Public Services

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.

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS: mortgages, deeds and contracts, assignments, releases, plats and surveys, easements, State and Federal tax liens.

Categories

Tax Information
Passports
Military Records
Death Certificates
County Government Departments/Offices
Divorce Records
County Recorder Offices
Marriage Licenses
Birth Certificates
EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) is a tax credit for working individuals and families. Must file a tax return, even if you do not owe any tax or are not required to file. Earned income includes: wages, tips and income from self-employment. Individuals who are on SSI or SSDI do not qualify for EITC unless they also worked during the past year. Call IRS at 1-800-829-1040 with any other questions.

ELIGIBILITY depends on such factors as filing status, income level, and the number of qualifying children (if any). Basic qualifications, Tax Year 2023:

If earned less than $56,838 ($63,398 if married) with 3 or more qualifying children, could receive up to $7,430.
If earned less than $52,918 ($59,478 if married) with two qualifying children, could receive up to $6,604.
If earned less than $46,560 ($53,120 if married) with one qualifying child, could receive up to $3,995.
If earned less than $17,640 ($24,210 if married) with no qualifying children, could receive up to $600.

Child Tax Credit: for the 2022 tax year, the CTC is worth $2,000 per qualifying dependent child if the modified adjusted gross income is $400,000 or below (married filing jointly) or $200,000 or below (all other filers). If the maximum adjusted gross income exceeds those limits, the credit amount will be reduced by $50 for each $1,000 of income exceeding the threshold until it is eliminated.
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.

Categories

Consumer Law
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Legal Representation
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Tax Information
Labor and Employment Law
Protective/Restraining Orders
General Legal Aid
Provides tax relief to low income families, seniors (65 plus) and disabled individuals. Applications are taken between January 2 and June 1. Applications for late filings are filed with the State of Iowa through December 31 of the next year as explained on the applications.

HOMEOWNERS may be eligible for a partial reduction of property taxes. Applications for property tax credit are applied to the current-year taxes.

MOBILE HOME OWNERS (23 or older as of 12/31) may be eligible for a reduced mobile home tax rate. The deadline for a late filing for mobile home credit is December 31 of the current year's application.

*APPLICATIONS can be obtained at local Community Action Agencies, Community Centers, Senior Centers, or at www.iowa.gov/tax.

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Tax Forms
Tax Information
Property Tax Payment Assistance

Maintains official vital records (birth, death, marriage applications and records), property taxes (maintains property tax information), election authority, and county board.

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Marriage Licenses
Death Certificates
Election Information
Tax Information
Birth Certificates
County Recorder Offices
County Government Departments/Offices
Election Results

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

Categories

Motor Vehicle Registration
County Government Departments/Offices
Tax Information
County Treasurer 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

Consumer Law
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Legal Representation
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Tax Information
Labor and Employment Law
Protective/Restraining Orders
General Legal Aid
Property tax relief program for eligible homeowners, including those over age 65, disabled individuals, and disabled veterans.

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 passport applications with photo services. Military records for tax exemptions and benefits may also be available.

Categories

Divorce Records
Military Records
County Recorder Offices
Tax Information
Passports
Birth Certificates
County Government Departments/Offices
Marriage Licenses
Death Certificates

The agency is responsible for tax collection for state and local governments, regulating the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages, and overseeing local property tax assessments. It also serves as the funding agent for the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Additionally, the agency provides access to tax forms, including federal and state tax forms, property tax relief applications, rent rebate and renter's tax credit applications, property value reassessment applications, utility tax exemption applications, and other related documents, which are available in physical locations or online for download.

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

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

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

Taxpayer services include: Accepting Cash payments, Account Inquiries (help with letters, notices and levies on your wages or bank account), Adjustments (changes to tax account information or payments) , Alien Clearances (Sailing Permits), Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order (ATAO), Copies of Tax Returns & Transcripts (Usually available for current year and three prior years) , Help with preparing Form 2290 (Heavy Vehicle Use Tax), Multilingual Assistance (over 150 languages translated), Federal Tax Return Preparation, Payments/Payment Arrangements, Procedural Inquiries, Solutions to Tax Issues, Tax Forms (based on availability), Tax Law Assistance (answers related to your individual Federal Tax Return), Taxpayer Identification Numbers.

TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM offers assistance with tax questions, forms, etc. Mon-Fri 8 am-4:30 pm at local office, call to make an appointment.

FREE FILE online available through the IRS - must make $84,000 or less to qualify for free filing online.

VITA and TCE: is a program to assist low income, elders, and persons with disabilities with tax information and form preparation. Visit the website or call 211 to find local free tax preparation assistance.

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

Maintains county board minutes and other county records, maintains election information and voter registration, maintains vital records, including birth, death, marriage or civil union records, issues marriage licenses, civil union licenses, computes tax rates and handles redemption of delinquent taxes.

Categories

Tax Information
Marriage Licenses
County Government Departments/Offices
Birth Certificates
Death Certificates
County Recorder Offices

The agency is responsible for tax collection for state and local governments, regulating the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages, and overseeing local property tax assessments. It also serves as the funding agent for the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Additionally, the agency provides access to tax forms, including federal and state tax forms, property tax relief applications, rent rebate and renter's tax credit applications, property value reassessment applications, utility tax exemption applications, and other related documents, which are available in physical locations or online for download.

Provides help with account inquiries (help with letters, notices and levies on your wages or bank account, adjustments (changes to tax account information or payments), assistance with Affordable Care Act tax provision questions for individuals, basic tax law assistance January 1 - April 15 (answers related to your individual Federal Tax Return), etc.

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

Categories

Death Certificates
Tax Information
Marriage Licenses
County Recorder Offices
Birth Certificates
Passports
County Government Departments/Offices
Military Records
Divorce Records
Notary Public Services
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

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

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

Categories

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

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.

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