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Elections Code § 18631

ARTICLE 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 18631Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

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.