California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §6129: 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.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

An attorney who buys or has an interest in buying evidence of debt or a legal claim with intent to sue on it commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail, a fine up to $2,500, or both.

Read the full statutory text

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.

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