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DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 4. Election Campaigns 18301-18390›ARTICLE 5. Misrepresentation by Candidates 18350-18351

§ 18351

California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any candidate in an election or incumbent in a recall election who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in a candidate’s statement, prepared pursuant to Section 11327 or 13307, with the intent to mislead the voters in connection with his or her campaign for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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