§ 16-22-212 — Disbarment in another state - Effects

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to practice law or attempt to practice law in any court in this state or to solicit business as or in any manner represent himself or herself to be an attorney at law when such a person so practicing or attempting to practice law or soliciting business as or representing himself or herself to be an attorney at law has previously been disbarred from the practice of law in any other state of the United States of America while a resident of that state. (b) (1) No person shall be admitted to practice law in this state who has been disbarred from the practice of law in any other state. (2) The disbarment of any person from the practice of law in any other state shall operate as a disbarment of the person from the practice of law in this state under any license, permit, or enrollment issued to the person by any court in this state prior to his or her disbarment in the other state. (3) A certified copy of the order, judgment, or decree of the disbarment in the other state shall be prima facie evidence of the disbarment in the other state when filed in any court in this state. (c) It shall be unlawful for any judge of any court of record, district judge, mayor, or other judge or magistrate to knowingly permit any person to practice law or attempt to practice law, or to appear in any manner as an attorney at law before him or her or in his or her court in violation of any of the terms and provisions of this section. (d) (1) Any person violating the terms of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (2) Each violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

Legislative History

Acts 1935, No. 168, §§ 1-4; Pope's Dig., §§ 633, 635-637; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 25-201 -- 25-204; Acts 2003, No. 1185, § 181; 2005, No. 1994, § 82.