{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"470a","citation":"Pen. Code, § 470a","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 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450. - 593g.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Forgery and Counterfeiting [470. - 483.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13/chapter-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 358.   (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 alters, falsifies, forges, duplicates or in any manner reproduces or counterfeits any driver’s license or identification card issued by a governmental agency with the intent that such driver’s license or identification card be used to facilitate the commission of any forgery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a>.</p>","text":"Every person who alters, falsifies, forges, duplicates or in any manner reproduces or counterfeits any driver’s license or identification card issued by a governmental agency with the intent that such driver’s license or identification card be used to facilitate the commission of any forgery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/forgery-and-counterfeiting-470a","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}