CHAPTER 19.5. Immigration Consultants [22440. - 22449.]
Chapter 19.5 repealed (as Chapter 20) and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 11.
§§ 22440–22449 · 20 sections
- § 22440 It is unlawful for any person, for compensation, other than persons authorized to practice law or authorized by federal law to represent persons before the…
- § 22441 (a) A person engages in the business or acts in the capacity of an immigration consultant when that person gives nonlegal assistance or advice on an…
- § 22441.1 (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall satisfactorily pass a background check conducted by the…
- § 22442 (a) Every person engaged in the business, or acting in the capacity of, an immigration consultant who enters into a contract or agreement with a client to…
- § 22442.1 (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall provide a signed receipt to a client for each payment made by…
- § 22442.2 (a) An immigration consultant shall conspicuously display in his or her office a notice that shall be at least 12 by 20 inches with boldface type or print with…
- § 22442.3 (a) An immigration consultant shall not, with the intent to mislead, literally translate, from English into another language, any words or titles, including,…
- § 22442.4 (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall submit to the Department of Justice, fingerprint images and…
- § 22442.5 (a) An immigration consultant who provides immigration reform act services shall establish and deposit into a client trust account any funds received from a…
- § 22442.6 (a) It is unlawful for an immigration consultant to demand or accept the advance payment of any funds from a person for immigration reform act services in…
- § 22443 (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall deliver to a client a copy of each document or form completed…
- § 22443.1 (a) (1) Prior to engaging in the business, or acting in the capacity, of an immigration consultant, each person shall file with the Secretary of State a bond…
- § 22443.2 (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a cease and desist order to a person subject to this chapter’s provisions who has failed to comply with the provisions…
- § 22443.3 It is unlawful for any person to disseminate by any means any statement indicating directly or by implication that the person engages in the business or acts…
- § 22444 It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant to do any of the following acts: (a) Make false or…
- § 22445 (a) (1) A person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each violation, to be…
- § 22446.5 (a) A person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this chapter by an immigration consultant may bring a civil action for injunctive relief or damages, or…
- § 22447 (a) A person who is awarded damages in an action or proceeding for injuries caused by the acts of a person engaged in the business of, or acting in the…
- § 22448 Any civil action to enforce any cause of action pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action has accrued. The cause…
- § 22449 (a) Immigration consultants, attorneys, notaries public, and organizations accredited by the United States Board of Immigration Appeals shall be the only…