Government Code § 6201

CHAPTER 3. Crimes Relating to Public Records, Documents, and Certificates

Current as of September 28, 2026Gov. Code, § 6201Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 130. (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.

Every person not an officer referred to in Section 6200, who is guilty of any of the acts specified in that section, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.