Pen. Code, § 549 · Chapter 10. Crimes Against Insured Property and Insurers
Pen. Code, § 549
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any firm, corporation, partnership, or association, or any person acting in his or her individual capacity, or in his or her capacity as a public or private employee, who solicits, accepts, or refers any business to or from any individual or entity with the knowledge that, or with reckless disregard for whether, the individual or entity for or from whom the solicitation or referral is made, or the individual or entity who is solicited or referred, intends to violate Section 550 of this code or Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code is guilty of a crime, punishable upon a first conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for 16 months, two years, or three years, or by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or double the amount of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both that imprisonment and fine. A second or subsequent conviction is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by that imprisonment and a fine of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Restitution shall be ordered, including restitution for any medical evaluation or treatment services obtained or provided. The court shall determine the amount of restitution and the person or persons to whom the restitution shall be paid.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 391. (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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Cited by 14 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 549. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
Insurance Code
- Ins. Code, § 750.4Printed as Section 549 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1871.7Printed as Section 549, 550, or 551 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1872Printed as Sections 549, and 550 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1872.3Printed as Section 549 or 550 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1872.45Printed as Section 549 or 550 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1872.83Printed as Section 549 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1874.8Printed as Section 549, 550, or 551 of the Penal Code
- Ins. Code, § 1877.5Printed as Section 549 of the Penal Code
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