{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7739","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7739","heading":"","body":"Any person willfully violating the provisions of this article or any of them shall be punishable either by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by both imprisonment and fine, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, or two or three years. If the violator is a funeral establishment licensee, he or she shall also be subject to disciplinary action as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 7686).","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 12.  Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","ARTICLE 9. Preneed Funeral Arrangements [7735. - 7746.]"],"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":"bd2c1616a163738bf4f78246f67c2fb36d99d2742808d82094cd3151aa17b78c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7738","next":"us-ca/bpc-7740"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}