California § 646.5. 646.5. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 694.)

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§ 646.5. — 646.5. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 694.)

California § 646.5.

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Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses

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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 646.5. (2026).

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No person shall knowingly and directly solicit employment from any injured person or from any other person to obtain authorization on behalf of the injured person, as an investigator to investigate the accident or act which resulted in injury or death to such person or damage to the property of such person. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the soliciting of employment as an investigator from such injured person’s attorney.
Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This section shall not apply to any business agent or attorney employed by a labor
				organization.

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No person shall knowingly and directly solicit employment from any injured person or from any other person to obtain authorization on behalf of the injured person, as an investigator to investigate the accident or act which resulted in injury or death to such person or damage to the property of such person. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the soliciting of employment as an investigator from such injured person’s attorney.
Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This section shall not apply to any business agent or attorney employed by a labor
organization.