{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"12718","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 12718","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES [12001. - 13800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Weighmasters [12700. - 12737.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-5/chapter-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 297, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:</p><p>(a) Requests any person to weigh, measure, or count any commodity falsely or incorrectly.</p><p>(b) Requests a false or incorrect weighmaster certificate.</p><p>(c) Furnishes or gives false information to a weighmaster for use in the completion of a weighmaster certificate.</p><p>(d) Knowingly presents for payment a false weighmaster certificate.</p><p>(e) Knowingly issues a weighmaster certificate giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.</p><p>(f) Alters a weighmaster certificate resulting in giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.</p><p>(g) Possesses unfilled or unused weighmaster certificate forms, if he or she is not a weighmaster.</p><p>(h) Issues a weighmaster certificate that contains alterations or omissions of gross or tare weights, net only weights, or measurements.</p>","text":"Any person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor: (a) Requests any person to weigh, measure, or count any commodity falsely or incorrectly. (b) Requests a false or incorrect weighmaster certificate. (c) Furnishes or gives false information to a weighmaster for use in the completion of a weighmaster certificate. (d) Knowingly presents for payment a false weighmaster certificate. (e) Knowingly issues a weighmaster certificate giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count. (f) Alters a weighmaster certificate resulting in giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count. (g) Possesses unfilled or unused weighmaster certificate forms, if he or she is not a weighmaster. (h) Issues a weighmaster certificate that contains alterations or omissions of gross or tare weights, net only weights, or measurements.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/weighmasters-12718","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}