"Producer" includes any person who owns or acquires legal title or beneficial title to downed timber in this state and also includes the seller of timber located on land in the state owned by that seller if the timber sales agreement, contract, or other document provides for the payment of the purchase price on the basis of actual timber volume scaled and does not contain a passage of title clause.
"Affiliate" or "affiliated with" means a person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of another person.
"Control" means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any person.
Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 77528