Document Citation: Cal Bus & Prof Code § 7028.16

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BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS CODE
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 9. CONTRACTORS
ARTICLE 2. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER

Date:
11/25/2013

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§ 7028.16. Punishment for engaging in business without license with respect to structures damaged by natural dis-aster for which state of emergency has been declared

A person who engages in the business or acts in the capacity of a contractor, without having a license therefor, in connection with the offer or performance of repairs to a residential or nonresidential structure for damage caused by a natural disaster for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to Section 8625 of the Gov-ernment Code, or for which an emergency or major disaster is declared by the President of the United States, shall be punished by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, or for two or three years, or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by a fine up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. In addition, a person who utilized the services of the unlicensed contractor is a victim of crime re-gardless of whether that person had knowledge that the contractor was unlicensed.