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Business and Professions Code § 19846

ARTICLE 3. Regulations

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19846Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 233, Sec. 5. (AB 293) Effective January 1, 2010.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subdivision (b), a gambling enterprise that ejects or excludes an individual based upon Section 19844 or 19845 is not subject to civil liability for a mistake as to the grounds for ejecting or excluding a person if the ejection or exclusion was based upon a reasonable and good faith belief, after a reasonable investigation, that these sections applied to the individual in question.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a gambling enterprise may not be relieved from liability for any damages arising from the means of ejection or exclusion.