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Cal. Penal Code § 146b
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Chapter 7: Other Offenses Against Public Justice, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 146b
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
Every person who, with intent to lead another to believe that a request or demand for information is being made by the State, a county, city, or other governmental entity, when such is not the case, sends to such other person a written or printed form or other communication which reasonably appears to be such request or demand by such governmental entity, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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