California Penal Code

§ 560.5

PEN § 560.5Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 12.5

Statute text

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner either solely or jointly or in common with others such warehouseman or any of his officers, agents, or servants who knowing of this ownership issues or aids in issuing a negotiable document of title for such goods which does not state such ownership, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.