California Business and Professions Code 22442.1 – (a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity …
(a) A person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an immigration consultant shall provide a signed receipt to a client for each payment made by that client. The receipt shall be typed or computer generated on the consultant’s letterhead.
(b) A statement of accounting for the services rendered and payments made shall be provided to the client every two months, shall be typed or computer generated on the immigration consultant’s letterhead, and shall display the individual charges and total charges for services and the client’s payments offsetting those charges. The consultant shall provide the client a written translation of the statement in the client’s native language.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)