California Penal Code CHAPTER 14 - Fraudulent Issue of Documents of Title to Merchandise

• Section 577.
  Every person, being the master, owner or agent of any vessel, or officer or agent of any railroad, express or transportation company, or otherwise being...
• Section 578.
  Every person carrying on the business of a warehouseman, wharfinger, or other depositary of property, who issues any receipt, bill of lading, or other voucher...
• Section 579.
  No person shall be convicted of an offense under Section 577 or 578 by reason that the contents of any barrel, box, case, cask, or...
• Section 580.
  Every person mentioned in this chapter, who issues any second or duplicate receipt or voucher, of a kind specified therein, at a time while any...
• Section 581.
  Every person mentioned in this chapter, who sells, hypothecates, or pledges any merchandise for which any bill of lading, receipt, or voucher has been issued...
• Section 583.
  Section 581 does not apply where property is demanded or sold by virtue of process of law.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 34.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018