State Bar Act
California · BPC · §§ 6000 to 6009.5 · 23 sections
Overview
A State Bar Act creates and governs the statewide organization of licensed attorneys, granting it corporate-style powers to sue and be sued, enter contracts, purchase goods, hold property, incur obligations, and adopt rules, subject to periodic sunset review. It establishes the bar's governance structure — a board of directors elected from geographic bar districts, officers, an executive director and general counsel, and committees and sections — together with accountability requirements including open meetings and public participation, open records, board member training, conflict-of-interest rules, restrictions on the use of bar funds, a strategic plan, an annual budget adopted after a public hearing, and an audit and financial report. Membership in the bar is required to practice, and the act defines the classes of membership, the status attached to each, and the fees members must pay.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 36 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 40 Cal. 3d 277 - Cohen v. Board of Supervisors
Sections covered
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6000General Provisions29 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6001General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6001.1General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6001.3General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6001.4General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6001.5General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6002General Provisions2 cites
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6002.1General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6003General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6004General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6005General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6006General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6007General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008.1General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008.2General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008.3General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008.4General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008.6General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6008.7General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6009General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6009.3General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6009.5General Provisions
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