Cal. FAC § 16501
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 16501, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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Official statutory text
It is unlawful for any person by any false or fraudulent pretense to do any of the following:
(a) Obtain from any association organized for the purpose of improving the breed of domestic animals a certificate of registration of any animal in the herd register, or other register of such association or a transfer of any such registration.
(b) Give, for a valuable consideration, a false pedigree of any animal, with intent to mislead.
(a) Obtain from any association organized for the purpose of improving the breed of domestic animals a certificate of registration of any animal in the herd register, or other register of such association or a transfer of any such registration.
(b) Give, for a valuable consideration, a false pedigree of any animal, with intent to mislead.
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