SECTIONS 17700-17703 - California Statutes

FINANCIAL CODE

SECTION 17700-17703

17700. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this
division, or who willfully violates any rule or order under this
division, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000), imprisoned in a county jail for not more than one
year, imprisoned in the state prison, or be punished by both that
fine and imprisonment, but no person may be imprisoned for the
violation of any rule or order unless he or she had knowledge of the
rule or order. Conviction under this section shall not preclude the
commissioner from exercising the authority provided in Section 17423.

17701. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this division,
or who violates any rule or order under this division, shall be
liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which shall be assessed and
recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the
State of California by the commissioner in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) As applied to the penalties for acts in violation of this
division, the remedies provided by this section and by other sections
of this division are not exclusive, and may be sought and employed
in any combination to enforce the provisions of this division.

17702. It is unlawful for any person to willfully make any untrue
statement of a material fact in any application, notice, or report
filed with the commissioner under this division or the regulations
issued thereunder, or to willfully omit any material fact which is
required to be stated in any application, notice, or report.

17703. (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly alter,
destroy, mutilate, conceal, cover up, falsify, or make a false entry
in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to
impede, obstruct, or influence the administration or enforcement of
any provision of this division.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make an untrue
statement to the commissioner during the course of licensing,
investigation, or examination, with the intent to impede, obstruct,
or influence the administration or enforcement of any provision of
this division.