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Cal. Penal Code § 470a

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

Part of Chapter 4: Forgery and Counterfeiting, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 470a

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 § 470aPrimary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Every person who alters, falsifies, forges, duplicates or in any manner reproduces or counterfeits any driver’s license or identification card issued by a governmental agency with the intent that such driver’s license or identification card be used to facilitate the commission of any forgery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

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