FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 16501
16501.  It is unlawful for any person by any false or fraudulentpretense to do any of the following: (a) Obtain from any association organized for the purpose ofimproving the breed of domestic animals a certificate of registrationof any animal in the herd register, or other register of suchassociation or a transfer of any such registration. (b) Give, for a valuable consideration, a false pedigree of anyanimal, with intent to mislead.