California Penal Code 646.5 – No person shall knowingly and directly solicit employment from any …
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No person shall knowingly and directly solicit employment from any injured person or from any other person to obtain authorization on behalf of the injured person, as an investigator to investigate the accident or act which resulted in injury or death to such person or damage to the property of such person. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the soliciting of employment as an investigator from such injured person’s attorney.
Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 646.5
- knowingly: import s only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See California Penal Code 7
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
- property: includes both real and personal property. See California Penal Code 7
This section shall not apply to any business agent or attorney employed by a labor organization.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 694.)