{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-16501","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 16501","heading":"","body":"It is unlawful for any person by any false or fraudulent pretense to do any of the following:\n(a) Obtain from any association organized for the purpose of improving the breed of domestic animals a certificate of registration of any animal in the herd register, or other register of such association or a transfer of any such registration.\n(b) Give, for a valuable consideration, a false pedigree of any animal, with intent to mislead.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 9. ANIMALS GENERALLY [16301. - 19700.]","PART 1. ANIMALS AT LARGE [16301. - 17153.]","CHAPTER 3. Pedigree and Proof of Ownership [16501. - 16527.]","ARTICLE 1. Pedigree [16501. - 16501.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"bf0f2e633f2710390b57d6011c6fe13be8db9b31a0f49d3d4b57ccfb66152b03","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-16461","next":"us-ca/fac-16521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}