Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22981 · Chapter 5. Inspections, Prohibitions, and Penalties
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22981
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any violation of this division by any person, except as otherwise provided, is a misdemeanor. Each offense shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment not exceeding one year in a county jail, or both the fine and imprisonment. The court shall order any fines assessed be deposited in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Compliance Fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 890, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=22981.
- Text hash
- sha256 225514b35d16b469ab96970426bb63b326cfa2e632837f7d97deaccd8a5af7d8
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Cited by 14 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22981. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22974Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22974.3Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22978.1Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22978.2Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22978.4Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22978.5Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22979.4Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22979.5Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22979.6Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22980Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22980.1Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22980.2Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22980.4Printed as Section 22981
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 22980.5Printed as Section 22981
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.