{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"21645","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 21645","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Secondhand Goods [21500. - 21672.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Tangible Personal Property [21625. - 21647.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-9/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 826, Sec. 5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A violation of any provision of this article under circumstances where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a misdemeanor punishable as follows:</p><p>(a) For the first offense, a fine of up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or imprisonment in the county jail up to two months, or both.</p><p>(b) For the second offense, a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail up to four months, or both.</p><p>(c) For the third, and any subsequent offense, a fine of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or imprisonment in the county jail up to six months, or both.</p>","text":"A violation of any provision of this article under circumstances where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a misdemeanor punishable as follows: (a) For the first offense, a fine of up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or imprisonment in the county jail up to two months, or both. (b) For the second offense, a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail up to four months, or both. (c) For the third, and any subsequent offense, a fine of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or imprisonment in the county jail up to six months, or both.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/tangible-personal-property-21645","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}