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DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY 5000-9998.11›CHAPTER 4. Attorneys 6000-6243›ARTICLE 7. Unlawful Practice of Law 6125-6133

§ 6129

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every attorney who, either directly or indirectly, buys or is interested in buying any evidence of debt or thing in action, with intent to bring suit thereon, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any violation of the provisions of this section is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.

(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1125.)

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