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DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall 18600-18680›ARTICLE 3. Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing 18620-18622

§ 18622

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

Every person who offers to buy or does buy from a circulator any referendum, initiative, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. This section is not intended to prohibit compensation of a circulator, for his or her services, by a proponent of the petition or his or her agent.

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

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