Section 1299.11 Of Article 5.5. Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act From California Penal Code >> Title 10. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.5.

. Any person who violates this act, or who conspires with another person to violate this act, or who hires an individual to apprehend a bail fugitive, knowing that the individual is not authorized by Section 1299.02 to apprehend a bail fugitive, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that imprisonment and fine.