California Penal Code

§ 529

PEN § 529 Effective Apr 4, 2011Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 8

Statute text

(a)Every person who falsely personates another in either his or her private or official capacity, and in that assumed character does any of the following, is punishable pursuant to subdivision (b):

(1)Becomes bail or surety for any party in any proceeding whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take that bail or surety.

(2)Verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves, in the name of another person, any written instrument, with intent that the same may be recorded, delivered, or used as true.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 381. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.