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§ 534. — 534. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 73.)

California § 534.
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Part 1.TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Ch. 8.CHAPTER 8. False Personation and Cheats

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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 534. (2026).

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Every person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, who falsely and fraudulently represents himself or herself as competent to sell or mortgage any real estate, to the validity of which sale or mortgage the assent or concurrence of his or her spouse is necessary, and under such representations willfully conveys or mortgages the same, is guilty of a felony.

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Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 73. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.
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