Articles Posted in Cannabis Compliance

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.

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.

Unpaid for delivered cannabis product? California law is on your side: Civ. Code 1550.5(b) makes cannabis contracts enforceable, Metrc manifests prove delivery, and a prejudgment writ of attachment can freeze the debtor’s accounts before judgment. The full collections playbook. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Received a DCC Notice to Comply? It is not a fine — but it is the first page of an enforcement file. Step-by-step response guide from a California cannabis attorney: deadlines, evidence packets, preserving disputes, and avoiding escalation. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Law enforcement seized your licensed cannabis in California? Under B&P Code section 26037, licensed product is not contraband — but six deadlines start running immediately. The full recovery playbook: preservation demand, ex parte TRO, and the motion for return of seized property. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Few documents land harder on a California cannabis operator than a Notice of Emergency Decision and Order from the Department of Cannabis Control. It can suspend a license and order a business to cease all commercial cannabis activity within hours, often before any accusation is even filed. Buried in that notice, however, is a short,…