{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7118.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7118.5","heading":"","body":"Any contractor, applicant for licensure, or person required to be licensed, who, either knowingly or negligently, or by reason of a failure to inquire, enters into a contract with another person who is required to be, and is not, certified pursuant to Section 7058.5 to engage in asbestos-related work, as defined in Section 6501.8 of the Labor Code, is subject to the following penalties:\n(a) Conviction of a first offense is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), and by possible revocation or suspension of any contractor’s license.\n(b) Conviction of a subsequent offense is a misdemeanor requiring revocation or suspension of any contractor’s license, and a fine of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 9. Contractors [7000. - 7191.]","ARTICLE 7. Disciplinary Proceedings [7090. - 7124.6.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e475388fadff8bf8ace371f4516cc67f19d9e5f738fb362e5c24245e5134686b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7118.4","next":"us-ca/bpc-7118.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}