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DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 2. Voter Registration 18100-18112

§ 18102

California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any deputy elections official or registration elections official who knowingly registers a nonexistent person, knowingly registers a person under a false name or address, or knowingly registers a person who is ineligible to register is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail for not more than one year.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 60. (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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