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Unauthorized Practice of Law Unauthorized Practice of Law Revised 2019 Toll Free: (800) 903-0111, prompt 2 Direct: (703) 312-7922 Fax: (703) 312-7966 Email: [email protected] Web: www.fullfaithandcredit.org This document is for informational purposes only. Nothing contained in this document is intended as legal advice to any person or entity. Statutes are constantly changing. Please independently verify the information found in this document. This document was updated with the assistance of 2019 legal intern Hunter Dorwart This project is supported by Grant No. 2016-TA-AX-K052 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMERICAN SAMOA .................................................................................... 3 MONTANA .................................................................................................. 41 ALABAMA .................................................................................................... 3 NEBRASKA ................................................................................................. 41 ALASKA ........................................................................................................ 3 NEVADA ...................................................................................................... 42 ARIZONA ....................................................................................................... 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE ..................................................................................... 42 ARKANSAS ................................................................................................... 8 NEW JERSEY .............................................................................................. 43 CALIFORNIA ................................................................................................ 8 NEW MEXICO ............................................................................................. 43 COLORADO .................................................................................................. 9 NEW YORK ................................................................................................. 44 CONNECTICUT .......................................................................................... 11 NORTH CAROLINA ................................................................................... 45 DELAWARE ................................................................................................ 13 NORTH DAKOTA ....................................................................................... 46 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ........................................................................ 14 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ........................................................... 47 FLORIDA ..................................................................................................... 21 OHIO ............................................................................................................. 48 GEORGIA ..................................................................................................... 22 OKLAHOMA ............................................................................................... 59 GUAM .......................................................................................................... 23 OREGON ...................................................................................................... 61 HAWAII ....................................................................................................... 23 PENNSYLVANIA ........................................................................................ 62 IDAHO .......................................................................................................... 23 PUERTO RICO............................................................................................. 63 ILLINOIS ...................................................................................................... 24 RHODE ISLAND ......................................................................................... 63 INDIANA ..................................................................................................... 24 SOUTH CAROLINA .................................................................................... 65 IOWA ............................................................................................................ 25 SOUTH DAKOTA ....................................................................................... 65 KANSAS....................................................................................................... 26 TENNESSEE ................................................................................................ 68 KENTUCKY ................................................................................................. 29 TEXAS .......................................................................................................... 69 LOUISIANA ................................................................................................. 30 UTAH ........................................................................................................... 70 MAINE ......................................................................................................... 31 VERMONT ................................................................................................... 73 MARYLAND ............................................................................................... 33 VIRGIN ISLANDS ....................................................................................... 73 MASSACHUSETTS ..................................................................................... 33 VIRGINIA .................................................................................................... 74 MICHIGAN .................................................................................................. 34 WASHINGTON............................................................................................ 80 MINNESOTA ............................................................................................... 35 WEST VIRGINIA......................................................................................... 82 MISSISSIPPI ................................................................................................ 38 WISCONSIN ................................................................................................ 83 MISSOURI ................................................................................................... 38 WYOMING .................................................................................................. 84 This compilation may contain dated information, may not be all-inclusive, and is intended for educational and research purposes only. State statutes are constantly changing. Please independently verify the information found in this document. If you have a correction or update, please contact us. National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit 2 STATE UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW AMERICAN SAMOA A.S.C.A. § 31.0104 Unauthorized Practice of Law-Penalty (a) It is unlawful for any person, association, firm or corporation to engage in or attempt to engage in the practice of law, or to do, attempt to do or offer to do any act constituting the practice of law, except to the extent such person, firm or association is licensed or authorized by the Chief Justice. Nothing in this section authorizes licensing of a corporation to practice law. (b) A person, association, firm or corporation who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ALABAMA Ala. Code § 34-3-6 Authority to Practice Law -- "Practice of Law" Defined (a) Only such persons as are regularly licensed have authority to practice law. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the practice of law is defined as follows: Whoever, (1) In a representative capacity appears as an advocate or draws papers, pleadings, or documents, or performs any act in connection with proceedings pending or prospective before a court or a body, board, committee, commission, or officer constituted by law or having authority to take evidence in or settle or determine controversies in the exercise of the judicial power of the state or any subdivision thereof; or (2) For a consideration, reward, or pecuniary benefit, present or anticipated, direct or indirect, advises or counsels another as to secular law, or draws or procures or assists in the drawing of a paper, document, or instrument affecting or relating to secular rights; or (3) For a consideration, reward, or pecuniary benefit, present or anticipated, direct or indirect, does any act in a representative capacity in behalf of another tending to obtain or secure for such other the prevention or the redress of a wrong or the enforcement or establishment of a right; or (4) As a vocation, enforces, secures, settles, adjusts, or compromises defaulted, controverted, or disputed accounts, claims or demands between persons with neither of whom he or she is in privity or in the relation of employer and employee in the ordinary sense is practicing law. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person, firm, or corporation from attending to and caring
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