{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"18577","citation":"Elec. Code, § 18577","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 6. Corruption of the Voting Process [18500. - 18582.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting [18560. - 18578.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-6/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 117.   Effective January 1, 2008.","effective":"2008-01-01","html":"<p>Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/corruption-of-voting-18577","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}