California Business and Professions Code 7027.3 – Any person, licensed or unlicensed, who willfully and intentionally …
Any person, licensed or unlicensed, who willfully and intentionally uses, with intent to defraud, a contractor’s license number that does not correspond to the number on a currently valid contractor’s license held by that person, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in state prison, or in county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. The penalty provided by this section is cumulative to the penalties available under all other laws of this state. If, upon investigation, the registrar has probable cause to believe that an unlicensed individual is in violation of this section, the registrar may issue a citation pursuant to Section 7028.7.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 728, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2002.)
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 7027.3
- County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- Person: as used in this chapter includes an individual, a firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or other organization, or any combination thereof. See California Business and Professions Code 7025
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21