{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fgc-12002.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FGC § 12002.3","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7121 for the sale, purchase, or receipt of fish taken by a person required to be licensed pursuant to Section 7145 is punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500), except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c).\n(b) If the violation in question involved the illegal sale or purchase of abalone taken by a person required to be licensed pursuant to Section 7145, the violation is punishable by a fine of not less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or more than forty thousand dollars ($40,000).\n(c) If the violation in question involved a person who knowingly purchased or received for commercial purposes, fish taken by a person required to be licensed pursuant to Section 7145, the violation is punishable by a fine of not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).","path":["Fish and Game Code - FGC","DIVISION 9. FINES AND PENALTIES [12000. - 12300.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [12000. - 12029.]"],"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":"3e7f59c1188eb17ade8465e5bf86b8edc26c0488a84335e5d300aef256acc6d8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fgc-12002.2.1","next":"us-ca/fgc-12002.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}