{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"115.3","citation":"Pen. Code, § 115.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Forging, Stealing, Mutilating, and Falsifying Judicial and Public Records and Documents [112. - 117.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7/chapter-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 874, Sec. 1.   Effective September 5, 1984.","effective":"1984-09-05","html":"<p>Any person who alters a certified copy of an official record, or knowingly furnishes an altered certified copy of an official record, of this state, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches thereof, or of any city, county, city and county, district, or political subdivision thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Any person who alters a certified copy of an official record, or knowingly furnishes an altered certified copy of an official record, of this state, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches thereof, or of any city, county, city and county, district, or political subdivision thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/forging-stealing-mutilating-and-falsifying-judicial-and-115-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}