Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.11]
( Heading of Division 3 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 30. ) CHAPTER 4. Attorneys [6000 - 6243]
( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34. ) ARTICLE 7. Unlawful Practice of Law [6125 - 6133]
( Article 7 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34. ) 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.
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.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1125.)