Financial Code section 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. 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 (a) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

Source: Section 5300, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FIN§ionNum=5300.­ (updated Apr. 4, 2011; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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