California Business and Professions Code

§ 6159.5

BPC § 6159.5 Effective Jan 1, 2010Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 9.6

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Legal aid programs provide a valuable service to the public by providing free legal services to the poor.

(b)Private, for-profit organizations that have no lawyers have been using the name “legal aid” in order to obtain business from people who believe they are obtaining services from a nonprofit legal aid organization.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 457, Sec. 3. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2010.