prohibit picketing in such immediate vicinity or any lawful activity by which the public is informed of the existence of an alleged labor dispute.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
555.3.
Violation of any of the provisions of this article is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
555.4.
The provisions of this article are applicable throughout the State in all counties and municipalities and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance in conflict with such provisions.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
555.5.
If any provision of this article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of the article, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this article is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this article. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this article and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases thereof be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
ARTICLE 2. Unlawfully Placing Signs on Public and Private Property [556 — 556.4]
(Article 2 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
556.
It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained without lawful permission upon any property of the State, or of a city or of a county, any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device which is used for the purpose of advertising or which advertises or brings to notice any person, article of merchandise, business or profession, or anything that is to be or has been sold, bartered, or given away.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
556.1.
It is a misdemeanor for any person to place or maintain or cause to be placed or maintained upon any property in which he has no estate or right of possession any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device which is used for the purpose of advertising, or which advertises or brings to notice any person, article of merchandise, business or profession, or anything that is to be or has been sold, bartered, or given away, without the consent of the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession of such property before such sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device is placed upon the property.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
556.2.
Sections 556 and 556.1 do not prevent the posting of any notice required by law or order of any court, to be posted, nor the posting or placing of any notice, particularly pertaining to the grounds or premises upon which the notice is so posted or placed, nor the posting or placing of any notice, sign, or device used exclusively for giving public notice of the name, direction or condition of any highway, street, lane, road or alley.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
556.3.
Any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device placed on any property contrary to the provisions of Sections 556 and 556.1, is a public nuisance.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 32.)
556.4.
For purposes of this article, information that appears on any sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device such as, but not limited to, the following, may be used as evidence to establish the fact, and may create an inference, that a person or entity is responsible for the posting of the sign, picture, transparency, advertisement, or mechanical device:
(a) The name, telephone number, address, or other identifying information regarding the real estate broker, real estate brokerage firm, real estate agent, or other person associated with the firm.
(b) The name, telephone number, address, or other identifying information of the owner or lessee of property used for a commercial activity or event.
(c) The name, telephone number, address, or other identifying information of the sponsor or promoter of a sporting event, concert, theatrical performance, or similar activity or event.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 192, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
ARTICLE 3. Trespass on Property Belonging to the University of California [558 — 558.1]
(Article 3 added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 41.)
558.
Every person other than an officer, employee or student of the University of California, or licensee of the Regents of the University of California, is forbidden to enter upon those lands bordering on the Pacific Ocean in San Diego County, which were granted by Section 1 of Chapter 514 of the Statutes of 1929 to the Regents of the University of California for the uses and purposes of the University of California in connection with scientific research and investigation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, or upon state waters adjacent thereto, or to trespass upon the same, or to interfere with the exclusive possession, occupation, and use thereof by the Regents of the University of California.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to affect in any manner the rights of navigation and fishery reserved to the people by the Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 41.)
558.1.
Every person who violates any of the provisions of Section 558 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600) or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 304. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CHAPTER 12.5. Crimes Involving Bailments [560 — 560.6]
(Chapter 12.5 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.)
560.
Any bailee, as defined in Section 7102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, who issues or aids in issuing a document of title, or any person who secures the issue by a bailee of a document of title, or any person who negotiates or transfers for value a document of title knowing that the goods for which that document is issued have not been actually received by that bailee or are not under his or her control at the time of issuing that receipt shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment pursuant
