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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12718 — Weighmasters

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12718

Type
Statute
Source
California Business and Professions Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
1993-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:

Citator

Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 12718 — Weighmasters is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(a) Requests any person to weigh, measure, or count any commodity falsely or incorrectly.

(b) Requests a false or incorrect weighmaster certificate.

(c) Furnishes or gives false information to a weighmaster for use in the completion of a weighmaster certificate.

(d) Knowingly presents for payment a false weighmaster certificate.

(e) Knowingly issues a weighmaster certificate giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.

(f) Alters a weighmaster certificate resulting in giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.

(g) Possesses unfilled or unused weighmaster certificate forms, if he or she is not a weighmaster.

(h) Issues a weighmaster certificate that contains alterations or omissions of gross or tare weights, net only weights, or measurements.