Section 6043.5 - False and malicious report of professional misconduct(a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a complaint to be filed with the State Bar that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct, knowing the report or complaint to be false and malicious, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) The State Bar may, in its discretion, notify the appropriate district attorney or city attorney that a person has filed what the State Bar believes to be a false and malicious report or complaint against an attorney and recommend prosecution of the person under subdivision (a).Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 6043.5
Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1639, Sec. 2.