(a) Offense defined.-- Any person not an attorney at law who shall solicit or procure through solicitation a retainer, power of attorney or any agreement, written or oral, authorizing an attorney at law to perform or render legal services, or who shall solicit any person in this Commonwealth to institute any action or proceeding for damages in which the compensation of any attorney at law for instituting or prosecuting such suit, shall directly or indirectly, depend upon the amount of the recovery therein, commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. (b) Exception.-- Subsection (a) shall not prohibit any bona fide labor organization from giving legal advice to its members in matters arising out of their employment or prohibit any person from engaging in any associational activity which is protected under the Constitution of the United States. CHAPTER 27 OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Subchapter A. General Provisions B. Prothonotaries C. Clerks of the Courts D. Clerks of Orphans' Court Divisions SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2701. Scope and purpose of chapter. 2702. Place of filing of documents. 2703. Notice of transfer of functions and duties. 2704. Responsibility for entry, maintenance and certification of data and certification of amicable judgments. 2705. Responsibility for reports to executive agencies.
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