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2016 California Code
Military and Veterans Code - MVC
DIVISION 8 - VETERANS' WELFARE
CHAPTER 1 - Solicitation for Veterans Benefits
Section 1801.

Universal Citation:
CA Mil & Vet Code ยง 1801 (2016)
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1801. It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts:

(a) To hawk, peddle, vend, offer to sell, give away, or offer to give away any poppy, badge, or label, which appears to be, or is represented directly or indirectly as being, sponsored, endorsed, or offered by any veterans organization, when such poppy, badge, or label is not so sponsored, endorsed, or offered by any veterans organization.

(b) To represent in any way, directly or indirectly, that any poppy, badge, or label is sponsored, endorsed, or is being offered by a veterans organization when it is in fact not so sponsored, endorsed, or offered by that veterans organization.

(c) To represent in any way, directly or indirectly that any act of solicitation of the contribution of funds or property or for the purchase or sale of any merchandise or services is sponsored, endorsed, or made by or at the request of a veterans organization when it is not in fact so sponsored, endorsed, or made by that veterans organization.

(d) To manufacture, process, assemble or distribute, or offer for sale, any poppy, badge, or label which appears to be, or is represented directly or indirectly as being, sponsored, endorsed, or offered by any veterans organization, when such poppy, badge, or label is not so sponsored, endorsed, or offered by any veterans organization.

Any person, whether or not an honorably discharged member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and whether or not licensed to hawk, peddle, or vend goods, wares, or merchandise, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)

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