{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"18613","citation":"Elec. Code, § 18613","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 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600. - 18680.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition [18610. - 18614.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-7/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 90.   (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.","effective":"2011-04-04","html":"<p>Every person who subscribes to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition a fictitious name, or who subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe such a name to that petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a> of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.</p>","text":"Every person who subscribes to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition a fictitious name, or who subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe such a name to that petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/false-or-ineligible-signatures-on-petition-18613","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}