Statute · California Business and Professions Code
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6043.5 — Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other Proceedings
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6043.5
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Business and Professions Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(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.
Citator
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6043.5 — Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other Proceedings is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(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).