Revenue and Taxation Code section 38802

Any person required to make, render, sign, or verify any report who makes any false or fraudulent return, with intent to defeat or evade the determination required by law to be made of an amount due is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 38803.

Source: Section 38802, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC§ionNum=38802. (updated Jan. 1, 1987; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/revenue_and_taxation_code_section_38802

Original Source: Section 38802, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC§ionNum=38802. (last accessed May 12, 2025).