Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6581 · Article 5. Enforcement and Disciplinary Proceedings

Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6581

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

A licensee, or an agent working on behalf of a licensee, including an attorney, shall not bill a client or impose a fee on the estate or trust of a client for responding to a complaint filed with the bureau against the licensee.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 681, Sec. 6. (AB 3144) Effective January 1, 2019.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=6581.
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