Does the lawyer's letter that sends text messages have legal effect?

The lawyer's letter that sends short messages has legal effect.

Generally speaking, it is established. A lawyer's letter is just a notice, usually in writing. However, if it can be proved that the other party received the short message sent by the lawyer, including the short message that the other party admitted to receiving the relevant content, it can play the role of notification. Lawyers' letters are promotional, such as dunning lawyers' letters; In the nature of warning, in order to stop or prevent the occurrence or continuation of an act; If it is consulting, please ask a third party to give an answer. 4. If it is a reply, reply from the perspective of lawyer profession; In the nature of publicity, in order to clarify or inform relevant facts, such as a statement letter. Lawyers, as legal advisers, should provide advice to clients on relevant legal issues, draft and review legal documents, participate in litigation, mediation or arbitration activities as agents, handle other entrusted legal affairs and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of clients.

The lawyer's letter has the following legal significance:

1, notice right, early warning stop loss;

2. Fixing and preserving evidence. The lawyer's letter can also be used to inform the termination of the contract, claim rights, and inform related matters. In the process of exercising these matters, the lawyer's letter plays an important role in retaining evidence;

3. Interrupt the limitation of action. Every time a lawyer's letter is sent to claim the creditor's rights within the limitation of action, the limitation of action shall be recalculated from the date of sending, so as not to lose the right to win the case;

4, show attitude or decision.

To sum up, the lawyer's letter can also be used to ask the other party's position, urge the solution of the problem, start negotiations, initiate invitations and so on.

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 in criminal cases, providing them with legal advice, representing appeals and accusations, applying for bail for arrested criminal suspects, accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants or the designation of people's courts, acting as defenders, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives, and representing them in litigation;

(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.