{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"55901","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 55901","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 20. PROCESSORS, STORERS, DEALERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS [54001. - 57700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-20"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Processors of Farm Products [55401. - 55922.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-20/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 18. Criminal Penalties [55901. - 55906.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-20/chapter-6/article-18"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 768, Sec. 4.5.   Effective January 1, 2001.","effective":"2001-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Except as specified in Section <a href=\"/fac/55902\">55902</a>, any misdemeanor which is prescribed by this article is punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p><p>(b) For a violation of the offense described in subdivision (a), the department may recover investigative costs, excluding attorneys’ fees and administrative overhead, for those charges where there has been a conviction in a court of law, or a court-supervised settlement has been reached. Nothing in this section allows the department to recover investigative costs for an administrative licensing action or any action that has not been filed in a court of law.</p><p>(c) Any person or entity responsible for investigative costs under this section shall be allowed to audit the department’s investigative costs. The audit must be performed by a third-party certified public accountant and paid for by the person or entity requesting the audit. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement this subdivision by June 1, 2002.</p>","text":"(a) Except as specified in Section 55902, any misdemeanor which is prescribed by this article is punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (b) For a violation of the offense described in subdivision (a), the department may recover investigative costs, excluding attorneys’ fees and administrative overhead, for those charges where there has been a conviction in a court of law, or a court-supervised settlement has been reached. Nothing in this section allows the department to recover investigative costs for an administrative licensing action or any action that has not been filed in a court of law. (c) Any person or entity responsible for investigative costs under this section shall be allowed to audit the department’s investigative costs. The audit must be performed by a third-party certified public accountant and paid for by the person or entity requesting the audit. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement this subdivision by June 1, 2002.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/criminal-penalties-55901","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}