1, forging a lawyer's letter itself is not illegal;
2. If the seal is used in the lawyer's letter, it may be a violation of public security management or a criminal offence. Whoever forges, alters or buys or sells official documents, certificates, certificates and seals of state organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions or other organizations shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days and may also be fined not more than 1,000 yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.
The characteristics of lawyer's letter are as follows:
1, the writing relationship is single; It is mainly used to express legal demands to the person designated by the client according to law.
2. Wide application fields; Lawyer's letter can be used in all legal business, so it has a wide range of applications, from litigation to non-litigation, from civil to commercial fields and so on.
3. Lean and flexible; Lawyer's letter is a non-litigation business, which is often short and flexible, but it has the characteristics of pithy according to the threatening requirements put forward by law.
4. Entrusted to send letters; It is to express the will of the client to the person pointed out by the client in the tone and form of the lawyer representing the client.
5. Characterization of normal dimensions; Lawyers are considered as legal experts and the most rigorous and serious professionals. If the lawyer speaks, it is the client's will that gives him a strong color of legal relief.
To sum up, the effectiveness of the lawyer's letter. After the lawyer's letter is drafted and confirmed by the client, it will take effect after being signed by the undertaker (or the official seal of the undertaker) and stamped with the official seal of the law firm. Some lawyers only sign or affix the lawyer's private seal when issuing a lawyer's letter, and do not affix the official seal of the law firm. This practice is not standardized. Lawyers can undertake business in the name of a law firm, so it is necessary to affix the official seal of the law firm and the riding seal of the law firm. If there is no special riding seal, the official seal can be used instead of the riding seal.
Legal basis:
Article 52 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law
Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined not more than five hundred yuan:
(1) Forging, altering or buying or selling official documents, certificates, certification documents and seals of state organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions or other organizations;
(2) buying, selling or using forged or altered official documents, certificates and supporting documents of state organs, people's organizations, enterprises, institutions or other organizations;
(3) Forging, altering or reselling tickets, boat tickets, air tickets, tickets for cultural performances, sports competitions or other valuable tickets;
(4) Forging or altering a ship's registration number, trading or using a forged or altered ship's registration number, or altering a ship's engine number.