506.26 Purchase of marked field boxes or other specified containers from one other than owner. - Florida Statutes

506.26 Purchase of marked field boxes or other specified containers from one other than owner.

It is unlawful for any person to receive or to purchase any field box, pallet, crate, container, or receptacle marked or branded with registered mark or brand as herein provided, from any person other than the registered owner thereof or her or his duly authorized agent, and proof of such receipt or purchase shall be prima facie evidence in any court of this state that such receiver or purchaser received or purchased the same with knowledge that it was stolen or embezzled property, and upon conviction thereof, such receiver or purchaser shall be punished as for receiving stolen or embezzled property.

History. s. 7, ch. 16018, 1933; s. 7, ch. 16019, 1933; s. 7, ch. 16859, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 7433(5), (10), (18); s. 1, ch. 72-47; s. 658, ch. 97-103.