California · Business and Professions Code - BPC
BPC §6126: (a) Any person advertising or holding himself or herself out as practicing or entitled to practice law or otherwise practicing law who is not an active licensee of the State Bar, or otherwise authoriz
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Unauthorized practice of law—advertising or practicing law without an active state bar license—is a misdemeanor. Second or subsequent convictions carry mandatory minimum jail time of 90 days.
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