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Cal. Penal Code § 343

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 11: Pawnbrokers, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 343

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 343Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Every person who purchases gold bullion, gold bars or gold quartz or mineral containing gold, who fails, refuses, or neglects to produce for inspection his register, or to exhibit all articles received by him in pledge, or his account of sales, to any officer holding a warrant authorizing him to search for personal property or to any person appointed by the sheriff or head of the police department of any city, city and county or town, or an order of a committing magistrate directing such officer to inspect such register, or examine such articles or account of sales, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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