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2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 17 - FRUIT, NUT, AND VEGETABLE STANDARDS
CHAPTER 9 - Avocados
ARTICLE 3 - Proof of Ownership
Section 45041.

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CA Food & Agri Code § 45041 (2025)
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45041. (a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this article 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 article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

(c) A violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment, if the retail value of the avocados in violation is in excess of five hundred dollars ($500).

(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1068, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1989.)

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