Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 471 — Forgery and Counterfeiting
Cal. Penal Code § 471
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2003-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Every person who, with intent to defraud another, makes, forges, or alters any entry in any book of records, or any instrument purporting to be any record or return specified in Section 470, is guilty of forgery.
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 471 — Forgery and Counterfeiting is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Every person who, with intent to defraud another, makes, forges, or alters any entry in any book of records, or any instrument purporting to be any record or return specified in Section 470, is guilty of forgery.