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DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS 18400-22949.51›CHAPTER 5. The Gambling Control Act 19800-19987›ARTICLE 3. Regulations 19840-19846

§ 19845

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A licensee may remove from his or her licensed premises any person who, while on the premises:

(1) Is a disorderly person, as defined by Section 647 of the Penal Code.

(2) Interferes with a lawful gambling operation.

(3) Solicits or engages in any act of prostitution.

(4) Begs, is boisterous, or is otherwise offensive to other persons.

(5) Commits any public offense.

(6) Is intoxicated.

(7) Is a person who the commission, pursuant to regulation, has determined should be excluded from licensed gambling establishments in the public interest.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be deemed, expressly or impliedly, to preclude a licensee from exercising the right to deny access to or to remove any person from its premises or property for any reason the licensee deems appropriate.

(Added by renumbering Section 19835.5A by Stats. 2002, Ch. 738, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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