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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6131
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6131
Every attorney is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, shall be disbarred: (a) Who directly or indirectly advises in relation to, or aids, or promotes the defense of any action or proceeding in any court the prosecution of which is carri
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6132
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6132
Any law firm, partnership, corporation, or association which contains the name of an attorney who is disbarred, or who resigned with charges pending, in its business name shall remove the name of that attorney from its business name, and from all signs, advertisements, letterhead
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6133
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6133
Any attorney or any law firm, partnership, corporation, or association employing an attorney who has resigned, or who is under actual suspension from the practice of law, or is disbarred, shall not permit that attorney to practice law or so advertise or hold himself or herself ou
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140
(a) The board shall fix the annual license fee for active licensees for 2026 at a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400). (b) The annual license fee for active licensees is payable on or before the date set by the State Bar, which shall not be less than 12 months from the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.02
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.02
(a) The California Lawyers Association shall adopt a dues schedule for membership and shall provide that schedule to the State Bar by October 1 of each year. (b) Payment of dues for membership in the California Lawyers Association and individual sections of the California Lawyers
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.03
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.03
(a) The board shall increase each of the annual license fees fixed by Sections 6140 and 6141 by an additional forty-five dollars ($45), to be allocated only for the purposes established pursuant to Section 6033 and subdivision (b), except to the extent that a licensee elects not
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.05
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.05
(a) At the election of the board, the invoice provided to licensees for payment of the annual license fee may provide each licensee the option of adding up to five dollars ($5) to the annual fee if the licensee elects to support lobbying and related activities by the State Bar ou
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.1
(a) The State Bar annually shall submit its adopted final budget by February 28, so that the budget can be reviewed and approved in conjunction with any bill that would authorize the imposition of license fees. Each budget shall include the estimated revenues, expenditures, and s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.10
(a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue to pay for lease costs associated with leasing space in the building located at 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, as follows: (1) A fee not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15) a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.11
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.11
(a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue to fund the salaries and benefits of employees of the State Bar, including benefits identified in the applicable memorandums of understandings with the bargaining units of S
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.12
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.12
The board shall complete and implement a five-year strategic plan to be updated every two years. In conjunction with the submission of the board’s adopted final budget as required by Section 6140.1, the chair shall report to the Supreme Court, the Governor, and the Senate and Ass
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.13
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.13
(a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue not to exceed the actual cost of administering compliance reviews and audits of client trust accounts, as follows: (1) A fee not to exceed five dollars and fifty cents ($5.5
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.14
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.14
(a) In addition to the fee collected pursuant to Sections 6140 and 6141, the State Bar may collect revenue not to exceed the actual cost of the pilot programs to fund the disciplinary diversion programs, as described in the report to the Legislature submitted pursuant to Section
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.16
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.16
(a) To align its staffing with its mission to protect the public as provided in Section 6001.1 and to provide guidance to the State Bar and the Legislature in allocating resources, the State Bar shall develop and implement a workforce plan for its discipline system and conduct a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.2
The State Bar shall set as a goal the improvement of its disciplinary system so that no more than six months will elapse from the receipt of complaints to the time of dismissal, admonishment of the attorney involved, or the filing of formal charges by the State Bar Office of Tria
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.37
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.37
The State Bar shall have a preference for using in-house employees for information technology projects, whenever possible. Nothing in this section shall be read to be inconsistent with any memorandum of understanding between the State Bar and the recognized employee organizations
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.5
(a) The board shall establish and administer a Client Security Fund to relieve or mitigate pecuniary losses caused by the dishonest conduct of licensees of the State Bar, foreign legal consultants registered with the State Bar, and attorneys registered with the State Bar under th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.55
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.55
(a) The board may increase the annual license fees fixed by it pursuant to Section 6140 by an additional amount per active licensee not to exceed forty dollars ($40), and the annual license fees fixed by it pursuant to Section 6141 by an additional amount per inactive licensee no
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.56
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.56
(a) To ensure that the Client Security Fund can adequately protect the public and relieve or mitigate financial losses caused by the dishonest conduct of licensees of the State Bar by paying claims in a timely manner, the State Bar shall conduct a thorough analysis of the Client
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.6
The board may increase the annual license fees fixed by Sections 6140 and 6141 by an additional amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) to be applied to the costs of the disciplinary system.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.7
Costs assessed against a licensee publicly reproved or suspended, where suspension is stayed and the licensee is not actually suspended, shall be added to and become a part of the license fee of the licensee, for the next calendar year. Unless time for payment of discipline costs
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.8
(a) Any order imposing upon a licensee public reproval, discipline, or accepting a resignation with a disciplinary matter pending, in which the licensee is ordered to pay restitution is enforceable as a money judgment by the payee. In the entry or enforcement of any money judgmen
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6140.9
(a) Moneys for the support of the program established pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 6230), treatment services for those who cannot afford to pay, and related programs approved by the committee established pursuant to Section 6231 shall be paid in whole or part b
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6141
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6141
(a) The board shall fix the annual license fee for inactive licensees at a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). The annual license fee for inactive licensees is payable on or before the date set by the State Bar, which shall not be less than 12 months from the prior year
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6141.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6141.1
(a) The payment by any licensee of the annual license fee, any portion thereof, or any penalty thereon, may be waived by the board as it may provide by rule. The board may require submission of recent federal and state income tax returns and other proof of financial condition as