California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

• Section 56101.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 56102.
  “Agent” means any person who on behalf of any licensee receives on consignment, contracts for, or solicits for sale on commission, any farm product from...
• Section 56103.
  “Broker” means any person that negotiates the purchase or sale of any farm product. A broker may not, however, handle either the farm product which...
• Section 56103.5.
  “Cash” means coin or currency of the United States, and does not include a check or money order.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 871.)
• Section 56104.
  “Cash buyer” means any person who obtains title to, possession or control of, or buys or agrees to buy any farm product from a licensee...
• Section 56105.
  “Commission merchant” means any person, as follows:(a) Who receives on consignment or solicits any farm product from a licensee or producer of the product.(b) Who accepts any...
• Section 56106.
  “Consignor” includes any person that ships or delivers to any commission merchant or dealer any farm product for handling, sale, or resale.(Enacted by Stats. 1967,...
• Section 56107.
  “Dealer” means any person who obtains title to, or possession, control, or delivery of, any farm product from a licensee or producer at a designated...
• Section 56108.
  “Established place of business” means any permanent warehouse, building, or structure which is owned in fee or leased, at which the owner or lessee carries...
• Section 56109.
  “Farm product” includes every agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and vegetable product of the soil, poultry and poultry products, livestock products and livestock not for immediate slaughter,...
• Section 56109.5.
  “Licensee” means any person licensed under this chapter as a broker, cash buyer, commission merchant, or dealer.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 871.)
• Section 56110.
  “Producer” means any person that is engaged in the business of growing or producing any farm product.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018