Cal. Penal Code § 476
Cal. Penal Code § 476
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 1999-01-01
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- Cal. Penal Code § 476, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887202
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Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with intent to defraud any other person, or who, with the like intent, attempts to pass, utter, or publish, or who has in his or her possession, with like intent to utter, pass, or publish, any fictitious or altered bill, note, or check, purporting to be the bill, note, or check, or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or property of any real or fictitious financial institution as defined in Section 186.9 is guilty of forgery.