California · Penal Code

PEN §27350: (a) Unless otherwise specified, a first violation of this article is an infraction.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

First violations are infractions. Second or subsequent violations, and knowing first violations, are punishable by up to six months jail and/or fines, plus vendor prohibition.

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(a) Unless otherwise specified, a first violation of this article is an infraction. (b) Any second or subsequent violation of this article is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Additionally, the department shall prohibit the person from participating as a vendor at any gun show or event for a period of one year. (c) Any person who commits an act the person knows to be a violation of this article shall, for a first offense, be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, by a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall be prohibited from participating as a vendor at any gun show or event for a period of one year.

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