California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 10 - Law Corporations

• Section 6160.
  A law corporation is a corporation which is registered with the State Bar of California and has a currently effective certificate of registration from the...
• Section 6161.
  An applicant for registration as a law corporation shall supply to the State Bar all necessary and pertinent documents and information requested by the State...
• Section 6161.1.
  Each law corporation shall renew its certificate of registration annually at a time to be fixed by the State Bar and shall pay a fee...
• Section 6161.2.
  All fees for registration and renewal paid pursuant to Sections 6161 and 6161.1 shall be paid into the treasury of the State Bar and shall...
• Section 6162.
  Within such time as the State Bar may by rule provide, the law corporation shall report in writing to the State Bar any change in...
• Section 6163.
  (a) Each law corporation shall file with the State Bar annually and at such other times as the State Bar may require a report containing such...
• Section 6165.
  Except as provided in Sections 13403 and 13406 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and each officer of a law corporation shall be a...
• Section 6166.
  The income of a law corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the Professional Corporation Act)...
• Section 6167.
  A law corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute a...
• Section 6168.
  The State Bar may conduct an investigation of the conduct of the business of a law corporation.Upon such investigation, the Board of Trustees, or a...
• Section 6169.
  (a) When there is reason to believe that a law corporation has violated or is about to violate any of the provisions of this article or...
• Section 6170.
  Any action of the State Bar or the Board of Trustees or a committee of the State Bar, or the chief executive officer of the...
• Section 6171.
  With the approval of the Supreme Court, the State Bar may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of...
• Section 6171.1.
  Six months and one day following the death of a sole shareholder of a law corporation, the certificate of registration of the law corporation shall...
• Section 6172.
  Nothing in this article shall be construed as affecting or impairing the disciplinary powers and authority of the Supreme Court or of the State Bar...

Last modified: October 22, 2018