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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6402.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6402.2
To be eligible to renew registration under this chapter, the registrant shall complete 15 hours of continuing legal education courses, which meet the requirements of Section 6070, during the two-year period preceding renewal. A registrant is not required to complete legal ethics
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6403
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6403
(a) The application for registration of a natural person shall contain all of the following statements about the applicant: (1) Name, age, address, and telephone number. (2) Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor under Section 6126 or 6127, or f
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6404
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6404
An applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) to the county clerk at the time the applicant files an application for initial registration or renewal of registration. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid to the county clerk for each additi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6405
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6405
(a) (1) An application for a certificate of registration by an individual shall be accompanied by a bond of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) executed by a corporate surety qualified to do business in this state and conditioned upon compliance with this chapter. The total ag
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6406
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6406
(a) If granted, a certificate of registration shall be effective for a period of two years, until the date the bond expires, or until the total number of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants employed by a partnership or corporation exceeds the number allowed
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6407
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6407
(a) The county clerk shall maintain a register of legal document assistants, and a register of unlawful detainer assistants, assign a unique number to each legal document assistant, or unlawful detainer assistant, and issue an identification card to each one. Upon renewal of regi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6408
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6408
The registrant’s name, business address, telephone number, registration number, and county of registration shall appear in any solicitation or advertisement, and on any printed papers or documents prepared or used by the registrant, including, but not limited to, contracts, lette
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6408.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6408.5
(a) All advertisements or solicitations published, distributed, or broadcast offering legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant services shall include the following statement: “I am not an attorney. I can only provide self help services at your specific direction.”
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6409
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6409
No legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant shall retain in their possession original documents of a client. A legal document assistant or an unlawful detainer assistant shall immediately return all of a client’s original documents to the client in any one or more
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6409.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6409.1
Notwithstanding any other law, the venue for an action arising out of a dispute between a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant and their client shall be the county in which the client has their primary residence.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6410
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6410
(a) Every legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant 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 shall be prescribed by regulations
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6410.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6410.5
(a) It is unlawful for any legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant, in the first contact with a prospective client of legal document or unlawful detainer assistant services, to enter into a contract or agreement for services or accept any compensation unless the l
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6411
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6411
It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant to do any of the following: (a) Make false or misleading statements to the consumer concerning the subject matter, legal issues, or self-he
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6412
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6412
(a) Any owner or manager of residential or commercial rental property, tenant, or other person who is awarded damages in any action or proceeding for injuries caused by the acts of a registrant while in the performance of their duties as a legal document assistant or unlawful det
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6412.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6412.1
(a) Any person injured by the unlawful act of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant shall retain all rights and remedies cognizable under law. The penalties, relief, and remedies provided in this chapter are not exclusive, and do not affect any other penalties
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6412.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6412.5
A legal document assistant or an unlawful detainer assistant may neither seek nor obtain a client’s waiver of any of the provisions of this chapter. Any waiver of the provisions of this chapter is contrary to public policy, and is void and unenforceable.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6413
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6413
The county clerk shall revoke the registration of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant upon receipt of an official document or record stating that the registrant has been found guilty of the unauthorized practice of law pursuant to Section 6125, 6126, or 6127
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6414
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6414
A registrant whose certificate is revoked shall be entitled to challenge the decision in a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6415
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 6401.6, 6402, 6408, or 6410, subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 6411, or Section 6412.5 is a misdemeanor punishable by a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6450
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6450
(a) “Paralegal” means a person who holds himself or herself out to be a paralegal, who is qualified by education, training, or work experience, who either contracts with or is employed by an attorney, law firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity, and who performs s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6451
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6451
It is unlawful for a paralegal to perform any services for a consumer except as performed under the direction and supervision of the attorney, law firm, corporation, government agency, or other entity that employs or contracts with the paralegal. Nothing in this chapter shall pro
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6452
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6452
(a) It is unlawful for a person to identify himself or herself as a paralegal on any advertisement, letterhead, business card or sign, or elsewhere unless he or she has met the qualifications of subdivision (c) of Section 6450 and performs all services under the direction and sup
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6453
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6453
A paralegal is subject to the same duty as an attorney specified in subdivision (e) of Section 6068 to maintain inviolate the confidentiality, and at every peril to himself or herself to preserve the attorney-client privilege, of a consumer for whom the paralegal has provided any
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6454
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6454
The terms “paralegal,” “legal assistant,” “attorney assistant,” “freelance paralegal,” “independent paralegal,” and “contract paralegal” are synonymous for purposes of this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6455
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6455
(a) Any consumer injured by a violation of this chapter may file a complaint and seek redress in superior court for injunctive relief, restitution, and damages. Attorney’s fees shall be awarded in this action to the prevailing plaintiff. (b) Any person who violates the provisions