Cal. Penal Code § 481
Cal. Penal Code § 481
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2011-04-04
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- Cal. Penal Code § 481, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/887208
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Every person who counterfeits, forges, or alters any ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by any railroad or steamship company, or by any lessee or manager thereof, designed to entitle the holder to ride in the cars or vessels of such company, or who utters, publishes, or puts into circulation, any such counterfeit or altered ticket, check, or order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, with intent to defraud any such railroad or steamship company, or any lessee thereof, or any other person, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both that imprisonment and fine.