Cal. FAC § 6405
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 6405, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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Official statutory text
(a) Any certificate that has been altered, defaced, or improperly completed or changed is void.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
(1) Alter, deface, or otherwise falsify or change, a certificate that is attached to any plant shipment or other thing entering the state.
(2) Use, or have in his or her possession, any certificate that has been altered, defaced, or otherwise falsified or changed.
(3) Transport, receive, or possess any plant material represented by a certificate.
(c) For purposes of this section, “certificate” means a certificate issued pursuant to a quarantine regulation.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
(1) Alter, deface, or otherwise falsify or change, a certificate that is attached to any plant shipment or other thing entering the state.
(2) Use, or have in his or her possession, any certificate that has been altered, defaced, or otherwise falsified or changed.
(3) Transport, receive, or possess any plant material represented by a certificate.
(c) For purposes of this section, “certificate” means a certificate issued pursuant to a quarantine regulation.
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