{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-6129","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 6129","heading":"","body":"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.\nAny 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.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 4. Attorneys [6000. - 6256.]","ARTICLE 7. Unlawful Practice of Law [6125. - 6133.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f176f9bc70ebd379c25161694f88dcfe4d69e2fbd065204a4c2a3d192ebccbee","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-6128","next":"us-ca/bpc-6130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}