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Index of Indigent Defense Statutes
Alabama Code
Title 15, Chapter 12
Alaska Statutes
Title 18, Chapter 85, Section 100
Arizona Revised Statutes
County Public Defenders: Title 11, Chapter 3, Article 11
Citiy and Town Appointment of Counsel: Title 9, Chapter 4 Article 8 (9-499.09)
Arkansas Code
Title 16, Subtitle 6, Chapter 87
California Code
County Public Defender: Government Code, Title 3, Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 13, Section 27700-27712
State Public Defender: Government Code, Title 2, Division 3, Part 7, Chapters 1 & 2, Sections 15400-15404 and 15420-15425
Colorado Statutes
Title 21
Connecticut Statutes
Volume 13, Title 51, Chapter 887, Sections 51-289 to 51-300
Delaware Code
Title 29, Part 4, Chapter 46, Sections 4601 to 4608
District of Columbia Code
Title 2, Chapter 16, Sections 2-1601 to 2-1608
Florida Statutes
Title V, Chapter 27, Part III, Sections 27.50 to 27.605
Georgia Code
Title 17, Chapter 12, Sections 1-97
Hawaii Revised Statutes
Volume 14, Chapter 802, Sections 1-12
Idaho Statutes
Title 19, Chapter 8, Various Sections
Illinois Compiled Statutes
County Public Defenders Chapter 55, Section 5, Article 3, Division 3-4
Assignment of Public Defenders to Indigent Clients, Chapter 725, Section 5, Titles III to VI
State Appellate Defender. Chapter 725, Section 105
Public and Appellate Defender Immunity, Chapter 745, Section 19
Indiana Code
Title 33, Article 9, Chapters 10-15
Iowa Code
Title XVI, Subtitle 2, Chapter 815
Kansas Statutes
Chapter 22, Article 45
Kentucky Revised Statutes
Title IV, Chapter 31
Louisiana Revised Statutes
Title 15, Sections 15:144 to 15:151.5
Maine Revised Statutes
A few statutes mention that indigents have the right to counsel, but there are no specific guidelines. An Office of Justice Programs report says most indigent defense is provided by assigned counsel.
Maryland Code
Article 27A
The General Laws of Massachusetts
Part III, Title I, Chapter 211D, Sections 1-15
Michigan Compiled Laws
Appellate Defender, Chapter 780, Sections 780.711 to 780.719
District Court Judges appointment of indigent defense lawyers, Chapter 600, Sections 8317 and 8513
Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 611, Sections 611.14 to 611.35
Mississippi Code
Public Defenders, Title 25, Chapter 32
Capital Defense Litigation (Office of Capital Defense Counsel), Title 99, Chapter 18
Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII, Chapter 600
Montana Code Annotated
Title 46, Chapter 8, Parts 1 and 2
Nebraska Statutes
Chapter 29, Sections 29-3901 to 29-3933
Nevada Revised Statutes
State Public Defender, Title 14, Chapter 180
County Public Defenders, Title 20, Chapter 260
Assigned Counsel Compensation, Title 1, Chapter 7, Sections 7.115 to 7.175
New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LIX, Chapters 604-A and 604-B
New Jersey Permanent Statutes
Title 2A, Sections 2A: 158A-3 to 2A: 158A-25
New Mexico Statutes Annotated
Chapter 31, Article 15
New York State Consolidated Laws
Under heading “County”, Chapter 11, Article 18-A, Sections 716-721
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 7A, Articles 36, 37, and 37A
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure (NOTE: Established by the North Dakota Supreme Court, not the Legislature)
Title X, Rule 44
(See http://www.state.nd.us/lr//assembly/57-2001/docs/pdf/39027.pdf, pages 4 and 5 for more information about efforts to enact statewide indigent defense litigation).
Ohio Revised Code
Title I, Chapter 120
Oklahoma Statutes
Statewide Indigent Defense Act: Title 22, Chapter 25, Sections 1355 to 1370
County Public Defender: Title 19, Chapter 6, Sections 137.1 to 138.10
Cities and Towns Public Defender: Title 11, Chapter, Municipal Code, Article XXVIII, Sections 28-110 to 28-112
Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 151
Pennsylvania Statutes (partial list of statutes, none relating to indigent defense)
Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12, Chapter 12-15
South Carolina Code of Laws
Criminal Indigent Defense, Title 17, Chapter 3
Appellate Indigent Defense, Title 17, Chapter 4
South Dakota Codified Laws
County Public Defenders: Title 7, Chapter 16A
Statewide Counsel for Indigent Defendants (Rule 44): Title 23A, Chapter 40
Tennessee Code
Counsel for Indigents: Title 40, Chapter 14, Part 2
Creation of Public Defender Office: Title 8, Chapter 14
Title 16, Chapter 2, Part 5, Section 16-2-518 (An increase in funding for the local DA office must be accompanied by an increase in funding of the local PD office, of not less than 75% of the increase)
Texas Statutes
Public Defenders: Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 26, Articles 26.04 to 26.06
Indigent Defense Information: Government Code, Chapter 71, Article 71.0351
Task Force on Indigent Defense: Government Code, Chapter 71, Articles 71.051 to 71.063
Utah Code
Title 77, Chapter 32 (Indigent Defense Act)
Vermont Statutes
Title 13, Part 2, Chapter 163
Code of Virginia
Title 19.2, Chapter 10, Sections 19.2-163 to 19.2-163.8
West Virginia Code
Chapter 29, Article 21
Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations
State Public Defender: Chapter 977
Appellate Public Defender: Chapter 809, Subchapter III, Article 809.30, Various Sections
Wyoming Statutes
Title 7, Chapter 6
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