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Cal. Corp. Code § 29536

Unlawful Activities and Fraudulent Conduct

Known as the California Commodity Law

The act spans §§ 29500–29567 (47 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Enron Corp. v. California Ex Rel. Lockyer (In Re Enron Corp.) (2004)

Most recently applied in People v. Martinez (March 2017)

Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 969, Sec. 2.

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the offer to enter into, or the entry into, a commodity, commodity contract, or commodity option to do any of the following:

(a) To willfully employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud.

(b) To willfully make any false report, enter any false record, make any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(c) To willfully engage in any transaction, act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any persons.

(d) To willfully misappropriate or convert the funds, security, or property of any other person.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.