California · Business and Professions Code - BPC
BPC §14404: Every person who wilfully defaces, obliterates, or otherwise removes, destroys, or conceals the trade name of another, printed, branded, stamped, engraved, etched, blown, impressed, or otherwise attac
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A person who intentionally removes or obscures another's trade name from a container and sells, refills, or traffics it without owner consent to defraud is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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