California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §14465: Any person who registers as his own, any name already in use in this State, knowing that the name is already adopted as the name of a farm, or makes use of the name when regularly registered and in us

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who registers or uses a farm name already adopted by another person in the state, knowing it is already in use, commits a misdemeanor.

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Any person who registers as his own, any name already in use in this State, knowing that the name is already adopted as the name of a farm, or makes use of the name when regularly registered and in use by any other person entitled thereto under this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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