California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §56637: It is a misdemeanor for any person to directly or indirectly purchase for his own account, goods which are received by him upon consignment without prior authority from the consignor, or to fail to pr

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to purchase consigned goods for yourself without the consignor's permission or to fail to notify the consignor of such purchases. Commission merchants may exceed this rule when closing daily business with unsold farm products.

Read the full statutory text
It is a misdemeanor for any person to directly or indirectly purchase for his own account, goods which are received by him upon consignment without prior authority from the consignor, or to fail to promptly notify the consignor of such purchases, if any, on his own account. This section does not, however, prevent any commission merchant from taking to account of sales, in order to close the day’s business, any miscellaneous lot or parcel of any farm product which remains unsold, if such commission merchant forthwith enters such transaction on his account of sales.

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