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2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 17 - FRUIT, NUT, AND VEGETABLE STANDARDS
CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions
ARTICLE 12 - Criminal Penalties and Procedures
Section 42971.
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CA Food & Agri Code § 42971 (2025)
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42971. (a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this division 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 division 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1048, Sec. 6.)
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