Penal Code section 471

Every person who, with intent to defraud another, makes, forges, or alters any entry in any book of records, or any instrument purporting to be any record or return specified in Section 470, is guilty of forgery.

Source: Section 471, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=471. (updated Jan. 1, 2003; accessed Dec. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_471

Original Source: Section 471, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=471. (last accessed May 12, 2025).