California Business and Professions Code

§ 6153

BPC § 6153 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)A person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation violating subdivision (a) of Section 6152 is punishable, upon a first conviction, by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years, or by a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.

(b)A person employed either as an officer, director, trustee, clerk, servant or agent of this state or of any county or other municipal corporation or subdivision thereof, who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this article, shall forfeit the right to their office and employment in addition to any other penalty provided in this article.

(c)Any person may bring a civil action for a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 6152 for the following remedies:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 645, Sec. 1. (SB 37) Effective January 1, 2026.