{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"18020.5","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 18020.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 13. HOUSING [17000. - 19997.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13"},{"name":"PART 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING [18000. - 18153.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Enforcement [18020. - 18024.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13/part-2/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 293, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 1999.","effective":"1999-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this part or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this part, except for a violation of any federal manufactured home or mobilehome construction and safety standard for which a penalty is provided in Section <a href=\"/hsc/18021\">18021</a>, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or by both. </p><p>(b) Notwithstanding Section <a href=\"/pen/801\">801</a> of the Penal Code, the one-year period for filing an indictment or an information or complaint with respect to any misdemeanor in subdivision (a) by a licensee in the first sale or lease of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach to a consumer shall commence on the date that the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is delivered to the consumer. </p>","text":"(a) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this part or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this part, except for a violation of any federal manufactured home or mobilehome construction and safety standard for which a penalty is provided in Section 18021, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or by both. (b) Notwithstanding Section 801 of the Penal Code, the one-year period for filing an indictment or an information or complaint with respect to any misdemeanor in subdivision (a) by a licensee in the first sale or lease of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach to a consumer shall commence on the date that the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is delivered to the consumer.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/enforcement-18020-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}