California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §14486: The use by any person, other than the registrant of any supplies without the written consent provided in this article or the possession of supplies so marked by any junk dealer or dealer of secondhand

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Unauthorized use or possession of marked supplies by non-registrants or secondhand dealers is presumptive evidence of unlawful use or trafficking in those supplies.

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The use by any person, other than the registrant of any supplies without the written consent provided in this article or the possession of supplies so marked by any junk dealer or dealer of secondhand articles is presumptive evidence of unlawful use of or traffic in such supplies.

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