Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6043.5 · Article 3. Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other Proceedings
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6043.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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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History
Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1639, Sec. 2.
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