Lab. Code, § 1021.5 · Chapter 3.5. Contractors
Lab. Code, § 1021.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any person who holds a valid state contractor’s license issued pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and who willingly and knowingly enters into a contract with any person to perform services for which a license is required as an independent contractor, and that person does not meet the burden of proof of independent contractor status pursuant to Section 2750.5 or hold a valid state contractor’s license, shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per person so contracted with for each day of the contract. The civil penalties provided for by this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 329, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.
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Labor Code
- Lab. Code, § 90.5Printed as Sections 226, 1021, 1021.5, 1193.5, 1193.6, 1194.5, 1197, 1198, 1771, 1776, 1777.5, 2651, 2673, 2675, and 3700
- Lab. Code, § 90.7Printed as Section 226.2, 1021, 1021.5, 1197, or 1771
- Lab. Code, § 1022Printed as Section 1021 or 1021.5
- Lab. Code, § 2699.5Printed as Sections 432.2, 432.5, 432.7, 435, 450, 511, 551, 552, 601, 602, 603, 604, 750, 751.8, 800, 850, 851, 851.5, 852, 921, 922, 923, 970, 973, 976, 1021, 1021.5, 1025, 1026, 1101, 1102, 1102.5, and 1153
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