Fin. Code, § 17700 · Chapter 7. Crimes and Civil Penalties
Fin. Code, § 17700
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any person who willfully violates any provision of this division, or who willfully violates any rule or order under this division, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisoned in a county jail for not more than one year, imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or be punished by both that fine and imprisonment, but no person may be imprisoned for the violation of any rule or order unless he or she had knowledge of the rule or order. Conviction under this section shall not preclude the commissioner from exercising the authority provided in Section 17423.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 109. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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