California Government Code

§ 68080.5

GOV § 68080.5 Effective Jan 1, 2002Title 8 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)A person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the California Supreme Court, an appellate court, or a superior court in any campaign literature or mass mailing, as defined in Section 82041.5, with intent to deceive the voters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)For purposes of this section, the use of a reproduction or facsimile of a seal in a manner that creates a misleading, erroneous, or false impression that the document is authorized by a public official is evidence of intent to deceive.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 387, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.