It is a misdemeanor for any person licensed as a cash buying processor to buy or otherwise take title to, or possession of, any farm product from a producer of the product, except by cash payment of the full agreed price to the producer at the time of obtaining possession or control.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 55902.5
Criminal Penalties
Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 942, Sec. 9.5.
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