CA Health & Safety Code Section 43201

(a)

Any dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells a new motor vehicle without the decal required by Section 43200 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b)

Any penalty recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.

(c)

This section shall become operative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this section.