Cal. Penal Code § 479
Cal. Penal Code § 479
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2011-04-04
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- Cal. Penal Code § 479, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887206
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Every person who has in his possession, or receives for any other person, any counterfeit gold or silver coin of the species current in this state, or any counterfeit gold dust, gold or silver bullion or bars, lumps, pieces or nuggets, with the intention to sell, utter, put off or pass the same, or permits, causes or procures the same to be sold, uttered or passed, with intention to defraud any person, knowing the same to be counterfeit, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.