{"data":{"id":"us-ca/lab-1021.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"LAB § 1021.5","heading":"","body":"Any person who holds a valid state contractor’s license issued pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and who willingly and knowingly enters into a contract with any person to perform services for which a license is required as an independent contractor, and that person does not meet the burden of proof of independent contractor status pursuant to Section 2750.5 or hold a valid state contractor’s license, shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per person so contracted with for each day of the contract. The civil penalties provided for by this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law.","path":["Labor Code - LAB","DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","PART 3. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES [920. - 1139.]","CHAPTER 3.5. Contractors [1020. - 1024.]"],"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":"2bed79f804aaa26c1812b0fe7a1fb642b41ae9ce8ad14da5e1e706be337e4996","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/lab-1021","next":"us-ca/lab-1022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}