Regulations Regarding the Amount of the Contribution for Receipt of State-ensured Legal Aid and Procedures for the Payment Thereof

Issued pursuant to
Section 5, Paragraph 3.¹
of the State Ensured Legal Aid Law

1. The Regulation prescribes the procedures by which a contribution for the receipt of State-ensured legal aid (hereinafter - the legal aid) (hereinafter - the contribution) shall be made, the amount and refund procedures thereof.

2. The contribution is a one-time payment of a person into the own revenue of the account of the Court Administration which is made by a person according to the decision to grant the legal aid.

[5 December 2023]

3. The contribution in extrajudicial proceedings shall be EUR 25.

4. The contribution in judicial proceedings shall be EUR 75.

5. Prior to appointing the legal aid provider, the person shall make the contribution in full amount according to the decision to grant the legal aid. The Court Administration shall indicate the amount of the contribution, the term for payment, and the necessary details for making the contribution in the decision to grant the legal aid.

[5 December 2023]

6. The person shall pay the contribution with the intermediation of a provider of payment services which has the right to provide payment services within the meaning of the Payment Services and Electronic Money Law.

7. The Court Administration shall refund the contribution to the person if the execution of the decision to grant the legal aid has not been commenced.

[5 December 2023]

8. The Court Administration shall refund the contribution to the person in the part overpaid thereby if the person has made a larger contribution than indicated in the decision to grant the legal aid.

[5 December 2023]

9. On the basis of the submission of the person in which the account of the settlement institution has been indicated, the Court Administration shall refund the contribution within one month from the day when a decision in the case of legal aid has been taken. If at the moment of taking the abovementioned decision the submission of the person for the refund has not been received, the refund shall be made within a month after receipt of the submission of the person.

[5 December 2023]

10. The person shall submit the submission regarding the refund within a year from the day when a decision in the case of legal aid has been taken.

11. The Regulation shall come into force on 1 January 2019.

Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis

Minister for Justice Dzintars Rasnačs

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