{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18103","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18103","heading":"","body":"Any person who knowingly or negligently (a) interferes with the prompt transfer of a completed affidavit of registration to the county elections official, (b) retains a voter’s completed registration card, without the voter’s authorization, for more than three days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, or after the close of registration, or (c) denies a voter the right to return to the county elections official the voter’s own completed registration card, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 2. Voter Registration [18100. - 18112.]"],"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":"59f10454cbb2dbfe9ebfcb774afa98296fc1470771982396c9de729f9d27aa56","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18102","next":"us-ca/elec-18104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}