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Food & Agr. Code, § 29701 · Article 11. Criminal Punishment and Procedure

Food & Agr. Code, § 29701

Verbatim from the official edition

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

(a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(b) A conviction of a second or subsequent violation of this chapter within any 12-month period is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1048, Sec. 3.

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=FAC&sectionNum=29701.
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