California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §24108: Any person who does not keep the written records required by this chapter or who refuses, upon demand of any investigator of the program or any peace officer, to show the record, to allow copies to be

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by failing to keep required written records, refusing to show them to authorized investigators or peace officers, or destroying records within two years of a final animal transaction entry.

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Any person who does not keep the written records required by this chapter or who refuses, upon demand of any investigator of the program or any peace officer, to show the record, to allow copies to be made of the record, or who destroys the record within two years after making the final entry of any purchase, consignment, sale, or donation of any animal, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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