{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18351","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18351","heading":"","body":"Any candidate in an election or incumbent in a recall election who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in a candidate’s statement, prepared pursuant to Section 11327 or 13307, with the intent to mislead the voters in connection with his or her campaign for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 4. Election Campaigns [18301. - 18390.]","ARTICLE 5. Misrepresentation by Candidates [18350. - 18351.]"],"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":"f77e64b32fb69985de5ad9e90cf808246fde61c8e24ea2ace04a4cb3dac1610e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18350","next":"us-ca/elec-18360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}