{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"528","citation":"Pen. Code, § 528","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 8. False Personation and Cheats [528. - 539.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-13/chapter-8"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation towards another, with or without the connivance of such other, is guilty of a felony.</p>","text":"Every person who falsely personates another, and in such assumed character marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the marriage relation towards another, with or without the connivance of such other, is guilty of a felony.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/false-personation-and-cheats-528","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}