§ 12718. — 12718. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 4.)

California § 12718.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code BPC: Business and Professions Code - BPC
• Div. 5.: DIVISION 5. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
• Ch. 7.: CHAPTER 7. Weighmasters

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Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a)
Requests any person to weigh, measure, or count any commodity falsely or incorrectly.
(b)
Requests a false or incorrect weighmaster certificate.
(c)
Furnishes or gives false information to a weighmaster for use in the completion of a weighmaster certificate.
(d)
Knowingly presents for payment a false weighmaster certificate.
(e)
Knowingly issues a weighmaster certificate giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.
(f)
Alters a weighmaster certificate resulting in giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.
(g)
Possesses unfilled or unused weighmaster certificate forms, if he or she is not a weighmaster.
(h)
Issues a weighmaster certificate that contains alterations or omissions of gross or tare weights, net only weights, or measurements.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.