California § 1789.5. 1789.5. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 638, Sec. 1.)

California Statutes

§ 1789.5. — 1789.5. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 638, Sec. 1.)

California § 1789.5.

JurisdictionCalifornia

Code CIVCivil Code - CIV

Div. 3.DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS

Title1.6D.

Part 4.TITLE 1.6D. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Art. 1.ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

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Cal. Civil Code - CIV Code § 1789.5. (2026).

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(a)Any provider who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this title is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) which may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General, by any district attorney or city attorney, or by a city prosecutor in any city or city and county having a full-time city prosecutor, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(b)If the action is brought by the Attorney General, one-half of the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the General Fund. If the action is brought by a district attorney, the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which th

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(a)
Any provider who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this title is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) which may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General, by any district attorney or city attorney, or by a city prosecutor in any city or city and county having a full-time city prosecutor, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b)
If the action is brought by the Attorney General, one-half of the penalty collected shall be paid
to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the General Fund. If the action is brought by a district attorney, the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered. If the action is brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor, one-half of the penalty shall be paid to the treasurer of the city in which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered.