Bus. & Prof. Code, § 16803 · Chapter 2.5. Combinations to Obstruct Sales of Livestock
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 16803
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any person who, directly or indirectly, is a party to any combination, conspiracy, or association, which attempts, directly or indirectly, to prevent any other person from freely selling livestock at any market in this State for such persons as see fit to engage his services, or who endeavors to compel, directly or indirectly, any person to charge not less than a fixed minimum sum for services in the sale of livestock, or who, in any way, hinders or prevents any person from lawfully selling livestock for another for such rate of commission as may be agreed upon is guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to the penalties prescribed in this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 67.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=16803.
- Text hash
- sha256 e85f4f73e1092e0a9711fe1cda9092a858c280d0b71a114d20120bd79f03c826
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.