{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-8880.53","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 8880.53","heading":"","body":"No lottery tickets or shares shall be sold by a lottery game retailer unless the retailer has a certificate of authority, issued by the lottery, to sell lottery tickets.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL [8000. - 8899.95.]","CHAPTER 12.5. [California State Lottery Act of 1984] [8880. - 8880.72.]","ARTICLE 5. Lottery Game Retailers [8880.47. - 8880.55.]"],"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":"8c1702d27dba3675761c363112c4af4eedd7a1764dbdb009b6ae1e70d873b8b4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-8880.52","next":"us-ca/gov-8880.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}