Penal Code section 534

Every person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, who falsely and fraudulently represents himself or herself as competent to sell or mortgage any real estate, to the validity of which sale or mortgage the assent or concurrence of his or her spouse is necessary, and under such representations willfully conveys or mortgages the same, is guilty of a felony.

Source: Section 534, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=534. (accessed Jun. 2, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_534

Original Source: Section 534, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=534. (last accessed May 12, 2025).