2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 5 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Section 40-5-350. Soliciting legal business unlawful.

SC Code § 40-5-350 (2015) What's This?

It is unlawful for a person or his agent, employee, or anyone acting on his behalf to:

(1) solicit or procure through solicitation, either directly or indirectly, legal business; or

(2) solicit or procure through solicitation a retainer, written or oral, or an agreement authorizing an attorney to perform or render legal services.

A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-145; 1952 Code Section 56-145; 1946 (44) 2575; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 225.

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