Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 9 — Public Peace, Morals, and Welfare
City of Industry Municipal Code Ch. 9.24 Gambling
City of Industry Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · City of Industry
Cite as: City of Industry Municipal Code Chapter 9.24 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 9.24.010. Participation prohibited.¶
A person shall not deal, play, carry on, open, cause to be opened, or conduct any game played with cards, dice, or other device for money, checks, credits, or other thing of value. A person shall not bet at any such game.
(Ord. 300 § 6, 1969)
§ 9.24.020. Conducting prohibited.¶
A person shall not knowingly permit any game prohibited by this chapter to be played, conducted, or dealt, in any house or other premises, owned by, rented by, or in the lawful possession of such person.
(Ord. 300 § 7, 1969)
§ 9.24.030. Attending prohibited.¶
A person shall not resort to attend, visit or be in any house, room or other place in the city where there is any gambling being conducted, played, or carried on.
(Ord. 300 § 8, 1969)
§ 9.24.040. Destruction of gambling devices.¶
The sheriff, shall destroy anything which is used, kept, placed or maintained in violation of any statute or of this chapter or any other ordinance after any person owning, possessing or having control of such cards, game or thing has pleaded guilty to or has been convicted of such violation and such plea of guilty or conviction has become final.
(Ord. 300 § 9, 1969)
§ 9.24.050. Deposit of funds.¶
The sheriff shall deposit in the city treasury to the credit of the general fund all money contained in anything he or she destroys pursuant to the provisions of this article. He or she shall destroy all other contents of such game or thing.
(Ord. 300 § 10, 1969)
§ 9.24.060. Application for release of devices.¶
The sheriff shall apply to the judge of any court which has custody of anything subject to destruction under the terms of this article for an order releasing such cards, game or thing to him or her for the purpose of complying with this chapter.
(Ord. 300 § 11, 1969)
§ 9.24.070. Scope of provisions.¶
This chapter does not prohibit any act either positively permitted or prohibited by state law.
(Ord. 300 § 4, 1969)
§ 9.24.080. Penalty for violation.¶
Every person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 300 § 5, 1969)
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