{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18203","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18203","heading":"","body":"Any person who files or submits for filing a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy knowing that it or any part of it has been made falsely is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years or by both that fine and imprisonment.","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":"aac70b929639881ec5ace127d01408b9fd8e1e9457000338ee922fc20ad31cef","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18202","next":"us-ca/elec-18204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}