54119 Other Legal Services

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments of legal practitioners (except lawyers and attorneys) primarily engaged in providing specialized legal or paralegal services.

Examples Census gives

• Notary public services
• Process serving services
• Paralegal services
• Real estate settlement offices
• Patent agent services (i.e., patent filing and searching services)
• Real estate title abstract companies

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments of lawyers and attorneys primarily engaged in the practice of law are classified in Industry 54111, Offices of Lawyers.
• Establishments (except offices of lawyers, attorneys, and paralegals) primarily engaged in providing arbitration and conciliation services are classified in Industry 54199, All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.
• Establishments primarily engaged in underwriting or acting as agents in selling real estate title insurance policies are classified in Subsector 524, Insurance Carriers and Related Activities.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing landman services or real estate escrow and fiduciary services are classified in Industry 53139, Other Activities Related to Real Estate.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Codes in 54119

• 541191Title Abstract and Settlement Offices
• 541199All Other Legal Services