Chapter 7.52
TORT CLAIMS—SOLICITING
Sections:
7.52.015 Unlawful to solicit employment to settle or collect tort claims.
7.52.020 Negotiation between joint tort claimants excepted.
7.52.030 Penalty for violations.
7.52.010 Person defined.
The word "person" as used herein shall include any corporation, association, society, club, copartnership or individual.
(Ord. 291 § 1, 7-13-34)
7.52.015 Unlawful to solicit employment to settle or collect tort claims.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit within the city of South Gate, California, employment for himself or for any other person, either directly or through some other person acting on his behalf to prosecute, collect, settle, compromise or to negotiate for the settlement, compromise or collection of any tort claim, on behalf of any tort claimant, in which he himself has no pecuniary interest arising from such tort.
(Ord. 291 § 2, 7-13-34)
7.52.020 Negotiation between joint tort claimants excepted.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prevent joint tort claimants from negotiating with each other for the purpose of combining respective claims or actions against the tort feasor.
(Ord. 291 § 3, 7-13-34)
7.52.030 Penalty for violations.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail of the city of South Gate, California, or in the county jail of Los Angeles County, California, as the committing magistrate may direct, for a period of not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
(Ord. 2011 § 1 Exh. A (part), 8-27-96: Ord. 291 § 4, 7-13-34)