California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 55638.5

Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1109, Sec. 5.

The director, within 15 days of the filing of a verified complaint by a producer, shall investigate any charge that a purchaser of a farm product to which a lien has attached has removed any farm product, or any processed form of a farm product, in violation of Section 55638.

Cite this section

Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 55638.5 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/fac/division-20-processors-storers-dealers-and-distributors-of-agricultural-products/chapter-6-processors-of-farm-products/article-9-producer-s-lien/section-55638.5

Other sections in Article 9 - Producer’s Lien

§ 55631§ 55631.5§ 55632§ 55633§ 55634§ 55635§ 55636§ 55637§ 55638§ 55638.5…§ 55644§ 55645§ 55646§ 55647§ 55648§ 55649§ 55650§ 55651§ 55652§ 55653

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