The letter of solicitation has legal effect.
The legal effect of the lawyer's letter is:
1. To recover the defaulted payment and other creditor's rights in a convenient way;
2. Before filing a lawsuit or applying for arbitration, a letter sent by a lawyer can be used to extend the limitation of action;
3. A lawyer can send a letter to clarify the facts and stop illegal infringement;
4. Perform other legal notification obligations by lawyer's letter;
5. Notify to terminate the contract;
6. An out of court settlement agreement was reached.
What will be the consequences if the lawyer's letter of collection is not handled?
The lawyer's letter itself will not have legal consequences, it is just a warning. Generally speaking, if the lawyer does not handle the letter after receiving it, the other party will sue you within the specified time, request the court to protect their rights and interests, and ask you to repay.
In the real society, many parties will be very disgusted and don't want to pay attention to the lawyer's letter when they receive it. Because they think that the lawyer's letter is neither an indictment nor a judgment, ignoring it will not have any serious consequences. However, the receipt of the lawyer's letter indicates that the other party has handed over the case to a professional person for settlement. If you don't pay attention to it or sign for it, it may be a lawsuit waiting for you. Therefore, when someone gives such a warning, you must respond correctly.
Legal basis
Article 28 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers may engage in the following businesses: (1) accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to act as legal advisers; （2） To accept the entrustment of a party to a civil or administrative case, to act as agent and participate in litigation; （3） Accept the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or the assignment of legal aid institutions according to law, act as defenders, accept the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives, act as agents and participate in the proceedings; （4） Accept the entrustment to represent the appeal of various litigation cases; （5） Accept entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities; （6） Accept entrustment and provide non litigation legal services; （7） Answering inquiries about laws, writing litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
