{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"9889.20","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 9889.20","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 20.3. Automotive Repair [9880. - 9889.68.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-20.3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 9. Penalties [9889.20. - 9889.22.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-20.3/article-9"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 20.   (SB 1330)   Effective January 1, 2011.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>Except as otherwise provided in Section <a href=\"/bpc/9889.21\">9889.21</a>, any person who fails to comply in any respect with the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"Except as otherwise provided in Section 9889.21, any person who fails to comply in any respect with the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penalties-9889-20","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}