{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18577","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18577","heading":"","body":"Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 6. Corruption of the Voting Process [18500. - 18582.]","ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting [18560. - 18578.]"],"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":"cad9c14fbf2ebcec31e4a1bf88140c697cb47786ddba27a5d135af864f7aedba","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18575","next":"us-ca/elec-18578"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}