California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §6415: A failure, by a person who engages in acts of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant, to comply with any of the requirements of Section 6401.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant who fails to comply with specified statutory requirements commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000–$2,000 per affected client, imprisonment up to one year, or both.

Read the full statutory text

A failure, by a person who engages in acts of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant, to comply with any of the requirements of Section 6401.6, 6402, 6408, or 6410, subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 6411, or Section 6412.5 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), as to each client with respect to whom a violation occurs, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Payment of restitution to a client shall take precedence over payment of a fine.

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