{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-8811","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 8811","heading":"","body":"Any promoter, director, or officer of a corporation who knowingly and willfully issues or consents to the issuance of memberships or membership certificates with intent to defraud present or future members or creditors is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW [5000. - 10841.]","PART 3. NONPROFIT MUTUAL BENEFIT CORPORATIONS [7110. - 8910.]","CHAPTER 18. Crimes and Penalties [8810. - 8817.]"],"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":"b3a7793ecf85ce1a27ad915448db54ef8a4da6a9e52338f2b873de6a7259eb59","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-8810","next":"us-ca/corp-8812"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}