Status of IOLTA Programs
IOLTA programs are created either by order of a jurisdiction's highest court order or by state statute. There are three types of programs:
(1) Mandatory, in which all lawyers in the jurisdiction who maintain client trust accounts must participate.
(2) Opt-out, in which all lawyers participate unless they affirmatively choose not to participate.
(3) Voluntary, in which lawyers must affirmatively decide to participate.
Mandatory |
Opt-Out |
Voluntary |
|
Alabama |
Alaska |
South Dakota |
39 |
11 |
2 |
Notes:
States in bold converted from voluntary status.
States in italic converted from opt-out status.
(L) denotes programs created by state legislature (state statute). All other programs were created by state Supreme Court order.
