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Cal. Penal Code § 431

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Title 12: Of Crimes Against the Revenue and Property of This State, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 431

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.

Cal. Penal Code § 431Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Every person who uses or gives any receipt, except that prescribed by law, as evidence of the payment of any poll tax, road tax, or license of any kind, or who receives payment of such tax or license without delivering the receipt prescribed by law, or who inserts the name of more than one person therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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