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Penal Code § 653.55

CHAPTER 3. Immigration Matters

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 653.55Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1125.

It is a misdemeanor for any person for compensation to knowingly make a false or misleading material statement or assertion of fact in the preparation of an immigration matter which statement or assertion is detrimentally relied upon by another. Such a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.