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 Arizona Arkansas California (L) Colorado Connecticut (L) Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maine Maryland (L) Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana Nevada New Jersey New York (L) North Carolina North Dakota Ohio (L) Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin	Alaska Delaware District of Columbia Idaho Kansas Kentucky Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico Rhode Island Tennessee Virginia Wyoming	South Dakota Virgin Islands
37	13	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.

Status of IOLTA Programs

Mandatory

Opt-Out

Voluntary

37

13

2

Updated: 03/03/2008