{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18200","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18200","heading":"","body":"Every person who subscribes to any nomination petition a fictitious name, or who intentionally subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe a fictitious name to a nomination petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 3. Nomination of Candidates [18200. - 18205.]"],"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":"a8ee83e0924541c2579f04bc1ca58cbde3ed8bb1401171bce6f201e25193e0fb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18112","next":"us-ca/elec-18201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}