{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7719","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7719","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Penal Provisions [7715. - 7719.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 29.   Effective September 27, 1983.   Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.","effective":"1983-09-27","html":"<p>Every person guilty of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.</p>","text":"Every person guilty of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penal-provisions-7719","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}