1. The legal function of the lawyer's letter is as follows:
(1) Recalculate the limitation of action. According to the provisions of the Civil Code, the debt belongs to the nature debt after three years, and the creditor obtains the defense of limitation of action. When the limitation of action for debt is about to expire, the creditor may write to the debtor and recalculate the limitation of action.
(2) The lawyer's letter can achieve the effect of notifying the other party in advance, and can promote the completion of the transaction, which is more convenient and faster than litigation.
2. Legal basis: Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Lawyers can engage in the following businesses:
(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as legal advisers;
(two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation;
(3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents;
(four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases;
(five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities;
(6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services;
(seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
Second, what is the way to send a lawyer's letter?
The way to send a lawyer's letter is as follows:
1, the lawyer's letter must be sent by the lawyer himself;
2. Send it by express mail. In order to ensure that the other party can receive the lawyer's letter in time, it is best to send the lawyer's letter by EMS.
3. Send in various ways In order to ensure that the other party receives the lawyer's letter, you can send the lawyer's letter in various ways. You need to mail a lawyer's letter, or you can mail it or fax it. After the lawyer's letter is sent in various ways, you can also communicate with the other party by telephone. You have sent him a lawyer's letter, and communicate in time after receiving it.