Coronavirus Outbreak: What you need to know

As we deal with the fallout from the global coronavirus outbreak, many people will experience legal issues related to not only health care, but a wide variety of other civil legal problems. This page will serve as a landing page of resources and legal information that we hope will be helpful to you.

• Housing
  • Evictions/Rent Assistance Information
  • COVID 19 and discrimination: Fair Housing Act and Iowa Civil Rights Act
    • in Burmese
• Domestic, Sexual, & Elder Abuse
• Child custody and visitation
• Access to the Courts / electronic filing
• Public Benefits
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid 
  • Food Assistance (SNAP)
  • FIP
• Consumer protection
  • Scams
  • Cars: Payments, repossession
  • Garnishment of wages & bank accounts
  • Credit reporting
• Student Loans
• Taxes
• Stimulus payments
• Small Business
• Advanced Child Tax Credits

Iowa Legal Aid Provides Legal Help to Low-Income Iowans

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To apply for help from Iowa Legal Aid:

• call 800-532-1275.
• Iowans age 60 and over, call 800-992-8161 or apply online at iowalegalaid.org
• If Iowa Legal Aid cannot help, look for an attorney on “Find A Lawyer” on the Iowa State Bar Association website iowabar.org. A private attorney there can talk with you for a fee of $25 for 30 minutes of legal advice.
• As of March 18, 2020, our offices are closed for walk-ins until further notice, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

*As you read this information, remember this article is not a substitute for legal advice.