Issuing unmarked duplicate receipts
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
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 former receipt or voucher for the merchandise specified in that second receipt is outstanding and uncanceled, without writing across the face of the same the word “Duplicate,” in a plain and legible manner, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 400. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
Simplified explanation
A carrier or warehouseman who issues a second or duplicate receipt while an earlier one for the same merchandise is outstanding, without writing "Duplicate" across its face, faces a felony jail term, a $1,000 fine, or both.