Bus. & Prof. Code, § 21501 · Article 1. Watches

Bus. & Prof. Code, § 21501

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Except as provided in this article “secondhand watch” means any of the following:

(a) A watch which, as a whole, or the case thereof, or the movement thereof, has been sold to a consumer.

(b) Any watch whose case or movement, serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks have been erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 50.

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&sectionNum=21501.
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