Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 59284

Following inspection, such inspector or other authorized person may affix to any lot which is determined to be in noncompliance, an official notice, warning tag, or other appropriate marking which warns that the lot is held and states the reasons why it is held. It is unlawful for any person, except an authorized inspector or enforcing officer, to detach, alter, deface, or destroy any such official notice, warning tag, or marking so affixed to any such lot, or to remove or dispose of such lot in any manner or under conditions other than as prescribed in such notice of noncompliance except upon written permission of an authorized enforcing officer or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.