California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §19944: Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with the department or the commission or any of their agents or employees in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter is gu

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with department or commission officials performing their duties is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months jail and/or a fine up to $1,000.

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Any person who willfully resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with the department or the commission or any of their agents or employees in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.

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