{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"18631","citation":"Elec. Code, § 18631","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 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing [18630. - 18631.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-7/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/threats-and-theft-to-prevent-petition-circulation-and-filing-18631","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}