Business and Professions Code section 18871

Any contestant who continues to participate in a professional or amateur contest or match after an order to stop the contest is given by an official, or authorized representative of the commission, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 18871, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=18871. (updated Jan. 1, 1985; accessed Dec. 22, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_18871

Original Source: Section 18871, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=18871. (last accessed May 12, 2025).