California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 13 - Investigations and Hearings

• Section 56441.
  The director on his own motion may, or upon the verified complaint of any interested party shall, investigate, examine, or inspect any of the following:(a) Any...
• Section 56442.
  In furtherance of any such investigation, examination, or inspection, the director may examine the ledgers, books, accounts, memoranda and other documents, farm products, scales, measures,...
• Section 56443.
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 56444 or 56445, if the complaint is a bona fide dispute that involves any of the following, the department...
• Section 56444.
  The jurisdiction that is otherwise reserved to the department in this chapter is, however, restored for the purposes of this chapter if the authorities responsible...
• Section 56445.
  The department also has jurisdiction over any complaint or dispute if the licensee has failed to perform in accordance with any alternative dispute procedure award...
• Section 56446.
  Any verified complaint filed with the department pursuant to this chapter shall be filed not later than nine months from the date a complete account...
• Section 56447.
  If a licensee fails to pay farm products creditors for any farm product that is received on consignment from the creditors, or fails to pay...

Last modified: October 22, 2018