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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-605.1" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to the following forms of communication:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an audio recording;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a computer on-line transmission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a facsimile transmission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a letter or other form of written communication;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a telegraphic transmission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a telephonic transmission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a video recording.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A lawyer may not send a communication, directly or through an agent, to a prospective client for the purpose of obtaining professional employment if the communication concerns an action for personal injury or wrongful death, or otherwise relates to an accident or disaster involving the person to whom the communication is sent or the person’s relative, unless the accident or disaster occurred more than 30 days before the date the communication is sent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not apply to a communication sent by a lawyer to a prospective client at the request of the prospective client.</text>
  </level>
</section>
