Cannabis Blog

DCC inspections are often unannounced. Here is what inspectors check – license posting, records, track-and-trace, surveillance, premises – and how to be ready before they walk in.

The best way to survive a DCC audit is to run your own first. Here is a practical annual self-audit covering licensing, records, track-and-trace, security, and ownership – with the rules behind each.

Adding, removing, or changing an owner or financial interest holder triggers a 14-day reporting duty to the DCC under 4 CCR section 15023. Miss it – or leave someone off – and you invite an enforcement problem.

Miss your California cannabis license renewal and you must stop operating – and a late renewal costs 50% extra. Blow the 30-day grace period and you lose the license entirely. Here are the deadlines in 4 CCR section 15020.

You cannot simply sell a California cannabis license. Whether you can keep operating during an ownership change depends on one distinction in 4 CCR section 15023 – here is what it is and how to get it right.

If the DCC files an accusation, your license goes to a formal administrative hearing. Here is how the process works, the 15-day deadline that can decide the case, and what to expect at the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Unexplained inventory is the fastest way to turn a routine DCC review into a diversion allegation. Here is how California track-and-trace rules work, what a discrepancy really means, and how to protect yourself in an audit.

A DCC embargo freezes cannabis goods in place – you cannot sell, move, or destroy them without written approval. Here is the legal authority, what you can and cannot do, and how embargoed product gets released.

A DCC Notice of Violation is not a formality – it is often the first step toward a citation, fine, or accusation. Here is what it means, the deadlines that apply, and how California cannabis licensees should respond.

A California cannabis lawyer breaks down DCC emergency suspensions (Emergency Decision and Orders) under 4 CCR 17815: the immediate-danger standard, the 48-hour deadlines, the informal hearing, and the accusation process that follows.