{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1789.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1789.5","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 1.6D. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE [1789. - 1789.9.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1789. - 1789.9.]"],"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":"911aa5d38e04cb6fb34e11e605deb9646349bd376df8ba10bf0c7c0ce3f0541a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1789.3","next":"us-ca/civ-1789.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}