Every person, and every agent or officer of any corporation carrying on business as an innkeeper, or as a common carrier of passengers, who refuses, without just cause or excuse, to receive and entertain any guest, or to receive and carry any passenger, is guilty of a misdemeanor. However, an innkeeper who has proceeded as authorized by § 1865 of the Civil Code shall be rebuttably presumed to have acted with just cause or excuse for purposes of this section.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 354, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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Terms Used In California Penal Code 365

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7