California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 4 — AttorneysArticle 3 — Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other ProceedingsSection 6043.5
(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).
Notes
Prohibits knowingly making or causing a false and malicious report or complaint to the State Bar accusing an attorney of professional misconduct and makes that conduct a misdemeanor. The State Bar may notify the appropriate district attorney or city attorney when it believes such a report was filed and may recommend prosecution.
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