DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 4. Election Campaigns 18301-18390›ARTICLE 5. Misrepresentation by Candidates 18350-18351
§ 18351
California Elections Code · 2020-11 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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