{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1798.56","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1798.56","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1.8. PERSONAL DATA [1798. - 1798.78.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Information Practices Act of 1977 [1798. - 1798.78.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.8/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 10. Penalties [1798.55. - 1798.57.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.8/chapter-1/article-10"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 595, Sec. 24.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person who willfully requests or obtains any record containing personal information from an agency under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.</p>","text":"Any person who willfully requests or obtains any record containing personal information from an agency under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/penalties-1798-56","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}