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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22441.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22441.1
(a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall satisfactorily pass a background check conducted by the Secretary of State. (b) The Secretary of State shall disqualify an individual from acting as an immigration consultant for any
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442
(a) Every person engaged in the business, or acting in the capacity of, an immigration consultant who enters into a contract or agreement with a client to provide services shall, prior to providing any services, provide the client with a written contract, the contents of which sh
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.1
(a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall provide a signed receipt to a client for each payment made by that client. The receipt shall be typed or computer generated on the consultant’s letterhead. (b) A statement of account
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.2
(a) An immigration consultant shall conspicuously display in his or her office a notice that shall be at least 12 by 20 inches with boldface type or print with each character at least one inch in height and width in English and in the native language of the immigration consultant
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.3
(a) An immigration consultant shall not, with the intent to mislead, literally translate, from English into another language, any words or titles, including, but not limited to, “notary public,” “notary,” “licensed,” “attorney,” or “lawyer,” that imply that the person is an attor
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.4
(a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall submit to the Department of Justice, fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.5
(a) An immigration consultant who provides immigration reform act services shall establish and deposit into a client trust account any funds received from a client prior to performing those services for that client. (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions appl
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22442.6
(a) It is unlawful for an immigration consultant to demand or accept the advance payment of any funds from a person for immigration reform act services in connection with any of the following: (1) An immigration reform act as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdiv
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443
(a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall deliver to a client a copy of each document or form completed on behalf of the client. Each document and form delivered must include the name and address of the immigration consultan
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443.1
(a) (1) Prior to engaging in the business, or acting in the capacity, of an immigration consultant, each person shall file with the Secretary of State a bond of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) executed by a corporate surety admitted to do business in this state and condit
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443.2
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a cease and desist order to a person subject to this chapter’s provisions who has failed to comply with the provisions governing the filing and maintenance of bonds or who does not satisfactorily pass a background check required by Section 2
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22443.3
It is unlawful for any person to disseminate by any means any statement indicating directly or by implication that the person engages in the business or acts in the capacity of an immigration consultant, or proposes to engage in the business or act in the capacity of an immigrati
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22444
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22444
It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant to do any of the following acts: (a) Make false or misleading statements to a client while providing services to that client. (b) Make any guarantee or promise to a client
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22445
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22445
(a) (1) A person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each violation, to be assessed and collected in a civil action brought by any person injured by the violation or in a civil action brought in t
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22446.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22446.5
(a) A person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this chapter by an immigration consultant may bring a civil action for injunctive relief or damages, or both. If the court finds that the defendant has violated a provision of this chapter, it shall award actual damages, plu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22447
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22447
(a) A person who is awarded damages in an action or proceeding for injuries caused by the acts of a person engaged in the business of, or acting in the capacity of, an immigration consultant, in the performance of his or her duties as an immigration consultant, may recover damage
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22448
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22448
Any civil action to enforce any cause of action pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action has accrued. The cause of action is not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery, by the aggrieved party, of the facts constituting the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22449
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22449
(a) Immigration consultants, attorneys, notaries public, and organizations accredited by the United States Board of Immigration Appeals shall be the only individuals authorized to charge clients or prospective clients fees for providing consultations, legal advice, or notary publ
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2245
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2245
(a) The Medical Board of California on a quarterly basis shall review the data provided pursuant to Section 14028 of the Welfare and Institutions Code by the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Social Services in order to determine if any potentia
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22450
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22450
A professional photocopier is any person who for compensation obtains or reproduces documents authorized to be produced under Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of, or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of, the Civil Cod
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22451
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22451
This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any government employee who is acting in the course of his or her employment. (b) A member of the State Bar or his or her employees, agents, or independent contractors. (c) Any person who is specially appointed by the court
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22452
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22452
(a) The application for registration of a natural person shall contain all of the following statements about the applicant certified to be true: (1) Name, age, address, email address, and telephone number. (2) They have not been convicted of a felony. (3) They will perform their
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22453
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22453
An applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) to the county clerk at the time he or she files an application for registration. An additional fee for each card in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory costs associated with the issuance o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22453.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22453.1
Notwithstanding Section 22453, any person registered pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) instead of the fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) otherwise required by Section 22453.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22454
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 22454
(a) At least one person involved in the management of a professional photocopier shall be required to hold a current commission from the Secretary of State as a notary public in this state. If the notary commission is held by someone other than the registrant, written confirmatio