Government Code section 447

The use of the Seal of the Assembly shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the Assembly. Every person who maliciously or for commercial purposes or contrary to the Rules of the Assembly uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Seal of the Assembly in any manner whatsoever is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 447, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=447. (updated Jan. 1, 1968; accessed Jul. 28, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_447

Original Source: Section 447, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=447. (last accessed May 12, 2025).