Penal Code section 129

Every person who, being required by law to make any return, statement, or report, under oath, willfully makes and delivers any such return, statement, or report, purporting to be under oath, knowing the same to be false in any particular, is guilty of perjury, whether such oath was in fact taken or not.

Source: Section 129, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=129. (updated Jan. 1, 1905; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Last Updated

Jan. 1, 1905

§ 129’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_129

Original Source: Section 129, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=129. (last accessed May 12, 2025).