GroundRules
BPC § 6043.5
Where this section sits in the code
- Business and Professions Code - BPC
- DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]
- CHAPTER 4. Attorneys [6000. - 6256.]
- ARTICLE 3. Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other Proceedings [6043.5. - 6054.]
(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).
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