Section 560.4 Of Chapter 12.5. Crimes Involving Bailments From California Penal Code >> Title 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 12.5.
560.4
. Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or
additional negotiable document of title for goods knowing that a
former negotiable document of title for the same goods or any part of
them is outstanding and uncanceled without plainly placing upon the
face thereof the word "duplicate," except in cases of bills in a set
and documents issued as substitutes for lost, stolen or destroyed
documents, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be
punished for each offense by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h)
of Section 1170 or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars
($10,000) or by both that fine and imprisonment.