California Business and Professions Code

§ 6155

BPC § 6155 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)An individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other nongovernmental entity shall not operate for the direct or indirect purpose, in whole or in part, of referring potential clients to attorneys, and no attorney shall accept a referral of such potential clients, unless all of the following requirements are met:

(1)The service is certified by the State Bar of California and is operated in conformity with minimum standards for a lawyer referral service established by the State Bar and approved by the Supreme Court.

(2)The combined charges to the potential client by the referral service and the attorney to whom the potential client is referred do not exceed the total cost that the client would normally pay if no referral service were involved.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 645, Sec. 2. (SB 37) Effective January 1, 2026.