California Penal Code

§ 470

PEN § 470 Effective Jan 1, 2006Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)Every person who, with the intent to defraud, knowing that he or she has no authority to do so, signs the name of another person or of a fictitious person to any of the items listed in subdivision (d) is guilty of forgery.

(b)Every person who, with the intent to defraud, counterfeits or forges the seal or handwriting of another is guilty of forgery.

(c)Every person who, with the intent to defraud, alters, corrupts, or falsifies any record of any will, codicil, conveyance, or other instrument, the record of which is by law evidence, or any record of any judgment of a court or the return of any officer to any process of any court, is guilty of forgery.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 295, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2006.