Health & Saf. Code, § 43201 · Article 2. Manufacturers and Dealers
Health & Saf. Code, § 43201
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells a new motor vehicle without the decal required by Section 43200 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Any penalty recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Inoperative five years from operative date. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 13 of Ch. 1192.
(a) Any dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells a new motor vehicle without the decal required by Section 43200 or 43200.5 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) Any penalty recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(c) This section shall become inoperative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this subdivision, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed.
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date prescribed by Sec. 32 of Ch. 1192. Inoperative five years from operative date. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 13 of Ch. 1192.
Another version listed by the Legislative Counsel
Section operative on date prescribed by its own provisions.
(a) Any dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells a new motor vehicle without the decal required by Section 43200 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) Any penalty recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(c) This section shall become operative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this section.
History (another version listed by the Legislative Counsel)
Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1995. Section operative on date prescribed by its own provisions.
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