California · Financial Code

FIN §5300: Every person who willfully violates or willfully fails to comply with any of the provisions of this division is guilty of a public offense.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who willfully violates provisions of this division commits a public offense punishable by up to $10,000 fine and/or up to one year in county jail, unless the offense is otherwise classified as a felony or misdemeanor.

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Every person who willfully violates or willfully fails to comply with any of the provisions of this division is guilty of a public offense. Except where the offense is declared to be a felony or a misdemeanor or a different punishment is prescribed, a person convicted under this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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