{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"6129","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6129","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 7. Unlawful Practice of Law [6125. - 6133.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-4/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1125.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p><p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/unlawful-practice-of-law-6129","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}