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DIVISION 18. PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES 42000-42277›CHAPTER 1. Penalties 42000-42032›ARTICLE 1. Public Offenses 42000-42010

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California Vehicle Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Unless a different penalty is expressly provided by this code, every person convicted of a felony for a violation of any provision of this code shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 615. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

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