California Statutes
§ 481. — 481. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 365.)
California § 481.
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Ch. 4.CHAPTER 4. Forgery and Counterfeiting
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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 481. (2026).
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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.
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 365. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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