California Penal Code

§ 532b

PEN § 532b Effective Jan 1, 2021Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 8

Statute text

(a)A person who fraudulently represents themselves as a veteran or ex-serviceman of a war in which the United States was engaged, in connection with the soliciting of aid or the sale or attempted sale of any property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)A person who fraudulently claims, or presents themselves, to be a veteran or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, the State Guard, the Naval Militia, the national guard of any other state, or any other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, with the intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person who, orally, in writing, or by wearing any military decoration, fraudulently represents themselves to have been awarded a military decoration, with the intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 97, Sec. 45. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2021.