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DIVISION 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL 5001-8808›PART 2. SHIPMENTS 6301-6524›CHAPTER 2. Interstate Shipments 6401-6465›ARTICLE 1. Notice of Arrival and Hold for Inspection 6401-6405

§ 6405

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Any certificate that has been altered, defaced, or improperly completed or changed is void.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

(1) Alter, deface, or otherwise falsify or change, a certificate that is attached to any plant shipment or other thing entering the state.

(2) Use, or have in his or her possession, any certificate that has been altered, defaced, or otherwise falsified or changed.

(3) Transport, receive, or possess any plant material represented by a certificate.

(c) For purposes of this section, “certificate” means a certificate issued pursuant to a quarantine regulation.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 149, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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