A person may obtain legal representation and legal assistance from the contracting legal services provider if the person meets all of the following criteria:
- 1. Is a resident of the state of Iowa.
- 2. Is a farmer, or a family shareholder of a family farm corporation, and has an occupation of farming.
- 3. Is engaged in a farm business that has a debt-to-asset ratio greater than fifty percent.
- 4. Has received less than twenty thousand dollars of taxable income in the last taxable year.
- 5. Is financially unable to acquire legal assistance.
86 Acts, ch 1214, §5