{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1798.56","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1798.56","heading":"","body":"Any person who willfully requests or obtains any record containing personal information from an agency under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 1.8. PERSONAL DATA [1798. - 1798.78.]","CHAPTER 1. Information Practices Act of 1977 [1798. - 1798.78.]","ARTICLE 10. Penalties [1798.55. - 1798.57.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7f72e580c972661cb115c2014867549bffb874692d6e62def5f40e34ecbd3811","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1798.55","next":"us-ca/civ-1798.57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}