3-1209

3-1209. Counterfeiting

A. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm or corporation shall cast,
print, lithograph or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation
thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official
certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the department.

B. No person, firm, or corporation shall:

1. Forge any official device, mark or certificate.

2. Without authorization from the department use any official device, mark, or
certificate or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface or destroy any official
device, mark or certificate.

3. Contrary to the rules prescribed by the director, fail to use or detach, deface
or destroy any official device, mark or certificate.

4. Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the department or its
representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged or improperly
altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal or part
or product thereof bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged or improperly altered
official mark.

5. Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate or other
nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the rules prescribed by the director.

6. Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed or exempted
under this chapter when in fact it has not been so inspected and passed or exempted.