Sections
13 entriesSection 6408Requires a registrant’s name, business address, telephone number, registration number, and county of registration on solicitations, advertisements, and printed materials. Also requires…Section 6408.5Requires advertisements or solicitations for legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant services to state that the assistant is not an attorney…Section 6409Prohibits a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant from retaining a client’s original documents. Requires immediate return of all originals whenever…Section 6409.1Requires the following: Notwithstanding any other law, the venue for an action arising out of a dispute between a legal document assistant…Section 6410Requires the following: (a)Every legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant who enters into a contract or agreement with a client to…Section 6410.5Prohibits a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant from entering a services agreement or accepting compensation at first contact unless specified…Section 6411Prohibits legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants from making false or misleading statements, unsupported unwritten guarantees, claims of special influence, or…Section 6412Allows specified persons awarded damages for injury caused by a legal document or unlawful detainer assistant’s work to recover from the required…Section 6412.1Establishes that chapter penalties and remedies are cumulative and do not displace other legal rights or remedies for persons injured by unlawful…Section 6412.5Allows the following: A legal document assistant or an unlawful detainer assistant may neither seek nor obtain a client’s waiver of any…Section 6413Requires the county clerk to revoke an assistant’s registration upon official proof of specified unauthorized-practice, misdemeanor, civil-liability, or negligent, reckless, or willful…Section 6414Allows a registrant whose certificate has been revoked to challenge that revocation decision in a court of competent jurisdiction. The right to…Section 6415Establishes a misdemeanor for a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant who fails to comply with specified statutory requirements, punishable for…