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Penal Code § 478

CHAPTER 4. Forgery and Counterfeiting

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 478Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 362. (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.

Counterfeiting is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.