California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §5306: (a) It is unlawful for any person to refuse to comply with any quarantine regulation which is established by the director pursuant to this division.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to refuse to comply with quarantine regulations or to possess/propagate/sell plants or things that were imported or moved in violation of quarantine. Violations are classified as misdemeanors.

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(a) It is unlawful for any person to refuse to comply with any quarantine regulation which is established by the director pursuant to this division. (b) It is unlawful for any person to possess, propagate, plant, process, sell, or take any other action with regard to a plant or thing subject to a quarantine which has been imported or moved in violation of the quarantine. (c) Notwithstanding Section 5309, any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

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