{"code":"EVID","codeName":"Evidence Code","section":"968","citation":"Evid. Code, § 968","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES [900. - 1070.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges [930. - 1063.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3.5. Lawyer Referral Service-Client Privilege [965. - 968.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/division-8/chapter-4/article-3.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 123, Sec. 2.   (AB 267)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>There is no privilege under this article if either of the following applies:</p><p>(a) The services of the lawyer referral service were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit a crime or a fraud.</p><p>(b) A staff person of the lawyer referral service who receives a confidential communication in processing a request for legal assistance reasonably believes that disclosure of the confidential communication is necessary to prevent a criminal act that the staff person of the lawyer referral service reasonably believes is likely to result in the death of, or substantial bodily harm to, an individual.</p>","text":"There is no privilege under this article if either of the following applies: (a) The services of the lawyer referral service were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit a crime or a fraud. (b) A staff person of the lawyer referral service who receives a confidential communication in processing a request for legal assistance reasonably believes that disclosure of the confidential communication is necessary to prevent a criminal act that the staff person of the lawyer referral service reasonably believes is likely to result in the death of, or substantial bodily harm to, an individual.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/evidence-code/lawyer-referral-service-client-privilege-968","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}