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DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall 18600-18680›ARTICLE 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing 18630-18631

§ 18631

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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

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