Pennsylvania § 1704 Altering registration

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1704 — Altering registration

Pennsylvania § 1704

Title 25ELECTIONS

PartPART IV

Ch. 17PENALTIES

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25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1704 (2026).

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(a)Prohibition.--No registrar, commissioner, clerk or assistant or commission employee may do any of the following:

(1)Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted an entry in a registration record without a proper application under this part or without requiring the proper evidence of the right of the applicant to be registered.

(2)Intentionally materially alter a registration record after the entries have been made unless the alteration is in accordance with this part. This paragraph does not apply to an alteration pursuant to an order of a court of common pleas or of a commission.

(b)Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not mo

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(a) Prohibition.--No registrar, commissioner, clerk or assistant or commission employee may do any of the following:

(1) Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted an entry in a registration record without a proper application under this part or without requiring the proper evidence of the right of the applicant to be registered.

(2) Intentionally materially alter a registration record after the entries have been made unless the alteration is in accordance with this part. This paragraph does not apply to an alteration pursuant to an order of a court of common pleas or of a commission.

(b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.