California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §10185: Any person, including officers, directors, agents or employees of corporations, who willfully violates or knowingly participates in the violation of this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor puni

Misdemeanor

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Any person who willfully violates or knowingly participates in violating this division commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to $10,000 fine, up to six months county jail, or both.

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Any person, including officers, directors, agents or employees of corporations, who willfully violates or knowingly participates in the violation of this division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine and imprisonment.

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