California § 10512. 10512. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 43.)

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§ 10512. — 10512. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 43.)

California § 10512.

JurisdictionCalifornia

Code BPCBusiness and Professions Code - BPC

Div. 4.DIVISION 4. REAL ESTATE

Part 1.PART 1. LICENSING OF PERSONS

Ch. 7.CHAPTER 7. Mineral, Oil and Gas Brokerage

Art. 1.ARTICLE 1. Scope of Regulation

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Every officer, agent or employee of any company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs or aids in the publication, advertisement, distribution or circularization of any false statement or representation concerning any mineral, oil or gas property, or, if the mineral, oil or gas property is owned by the state or federal government, which such person offers to assist another or others to file an application for the purchase or lease of, or to locate or enter upon, and every person who, with knowledge that any advertisement, pamphlet, prospectus or letter concerning any mineral, oil or gas property or any written statement that is false or fraudulent, issues, circulates, publishes or distributes the same, or causes the same to be issued, circulated, published or distributed

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Every officer, agent or employee of any company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs or aids in the publication, advertisement, distribution or circularization of any false statement or representation concerning any mineral, oil or gas property, or, if the mineral, oil or gas property is owned by the state or federal government, which such person offers to assist another or others to file an application for the purchase or lease of, or to locate or enter upon, and every person who, with knowledge that any advertisement, pamphlet, prospectus or letter concerning any mineral, oil or gas property or any written statement that is false or fraudulent, issues, circulates, publishes or distributes the same, or causes the same to be issued, circulated, published or distributed, or who in any other respect willfully violates or fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order, permit, decision, demand or requirement of the commissioner under the provisions of this part relating to mineral, oil and gas brokerage, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), and, if a mineral, oil and gas licensee, he shall be held to trial by the commissioner for a suspension or revocation of his mineral, oil and gas license, as provided in the provisions of this part relating to hearings. It shall be the duty of the district attorney of each county in this state to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this section in respective counties in which the violations occur.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 43. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.

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