{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"18351","citation":"Elec. Code, § 18351","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Election Campaigns [18301. - 18390.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Misrepresentation by Candidates [18350. - 18351.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-4/article-5"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any candidate in an election or incumbent in a recall election who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in a candidate’s statement, prepared pursuant to Section <a href=\"/elec/11327\">11327</a> or <a href=\"/elec/13307\">13307</a>, with the intent to mislead the voters in connection with his or her campaign for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).</p>","text":"Any candidate in an election or incumbent in a recall election who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in a candidate’s statement, prepared pursuant to Section 11327 or 13307, with the intent to mislead the voters in connection with his or her campaign for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/misrepresentation-by-candidates-18351","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}