California Business and Professions Code 6043.5 – (a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a …
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(a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a complaint to be filed with the State Bar that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct, knowing the report or complaint to be false and malicious, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) The State Bar may, in its discretion, notify the appropriate district attorney or city attorney that a person has filed what the State Bar believes to be a false and malicious report or complaint against an attorney and recommend prosecution of the person under subdivision (a).
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 6043.5
- City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1639, Sec. 2.)