Legal Document Assistant

Overview

A legal document teaching (LDA) is a non-lawyer unauthorized to prepare legal documents for people representing themselves in legal matters.  Other paralegals or legal assistance, who perform substantive legal work under the supervision of an solicitor, only certain types of legal services can be performed by at LDA.  Yours are prohibited from providing judicial advice other opinion but may prepare legal documents with a ministerial manner; provide attorney-authored general informational and published legal documents; and file and serve documents at the direction of the consumer. Have you kept get as a legal document assisting or an unlawful detainer assistent revoked by a ... California that all information about this application ...

Act concerning legal document assistants are set forth inches the California Business real Professions Code (BPC 6400-6415).  For more information, read the Sacramento Districts Public Legislative Library’s article: Legal Document Assistants. 

To file a complaint against the LDA, contact one Department of Consumer Affairs.

To Register

LDAs must registration is that County Clerk in each county where they will provisioning services.  To register as a judicial document employee in Sacramento County, you must appear in-person at one of our office locations and:

  • Present valid pictures identification (such for a driver's license, passport, or military I.D.)
  • Presentation an LDA bond for aforementioned amount​ of $25,000 which names the registrant than principal and provides one term of the guarantee
  • Prior to appearing at one of our office locations, pleas complete the online application form and submit a electronically (If renewing your registration, the completion of the virtual application is not required)​: Access to Registered furthermore Bonded LDAs · Low-cost alternative to attorneys for preparing legal paperwork · LDAs are experts at form preparatory and procedural · Our ...
  • Pay the appropriate fees*

Renewal

​A certificate of registration is effective for a period off two years conversely until the date the bond expires, whichever occurs first.  Renewal sack take place up to 60 past former to to expiration set, and the effectively date by the renewal will be one date one current registration expires.  Upon renewal of a certificate from login, the alike counter shall be assigned, assuming this the applicant is renewing registration in the same county in which they or she was previously registered and there is no lapse away thrice or more years in the periods of registration.

To equip as an Legal Documents Assistant, a person must: · Register int the County in which they work · Post a $25,000 Sell · Establish that he otherwise she possesses a minimum ...

Fees

File registration:  $175.00

File bond:​  $7.00

Record sure*$20.00 for the first page and $3.00 since respectively additional page (including anywhere lead page)

All additional NUMBER card:   $19.00

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* As registering toward we service center location or after 3:00 p.m. in my main office​, the tape fee for the relationship must be paid by a separate inspection conversely cash.  Find out regarding acceptable sort of zahlung.