California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 8 — Special Business RegulationsChapter 19 — Shopping and Laundry CartsArticle 1 — Identification of Shopping and Laundry CartsSection 22435.5
(a) In any civil proceeding, any shopping cart or laundry cart which has a sign affixed to it pursuant to Section 22435.1 shall establish a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that the property is that of the person or business named in the sign and not abandoned by the person or business named in the sign.
(b) In any criminal proceeding, it may be inferred that any shopping cart or laundry cart which has a sign affixed to it pursuant to Section 22435.1 is the property of the person or business named in the sign and has not been abandoned by the person or business named in the sign.
Notes
Establishes that a properly signed shopping or laundry cart creates, in a civil proceeding, a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that the cart belongs to the named person or business and was not abandoned. Allows the same ownership and nonabandonment facts to be inferred from the sign in a criminal proceeding.
Use as reference
Lexinter.net | California Code, Business and Professions Code - BPC § 22435.5 | https://laws.lexinter.net/codes/california/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-19/article-1/section-22435-5