(a) If the commissioner finds, based on available evidence, that a person is violating any provision of this article or a regulation of the commissioner adopted to implement a provision of this article, the commissioner may order the person to cease and desist from committing the violation or to cease and desist from the further sale or lease of an interest in the subdivision until the violation is corrected.

(b) A person to whom an order is directed shall, upon receipt of the order, immediately cease the activity described in the order.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 10249.93

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15

(c) The person to whom the order is directed may request a hearing in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 11019.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 587, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)