{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"6043.5","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6043.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Attorneys [6000. - 6256.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other Proceedings [6043.5. - 6054.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-4/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1639, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a complaint to be filed with the State Bar that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct, knowing the report or complaint to be false and malicious, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p><p>(b) The State Bar may, in its discretion, notify the appropriate district attorney or city attorney that a person has filed what the State Bar believes to be a false and malicious report or complaint against an attorney and recommend prosecution of the person under subdivision (a).</p>","text":"(a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a complaint to be filed with the State Bar that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct, knowing the report or complaint to be false and malicious, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The State Bar may, in its discretion, notify the appropriate district attorney or city attorney that a person has filed what the State Bar believes to be a false and malicious report or complaint against an attorney and recommend prosecution of the person under subdivision (a).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/investigations-examining-committee-subpoenas-and-other-6043-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}