{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18603","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18603","heading":"","body":"Every person who offers or gives money or other valuable consideration to another in exchange for his or her signature on a state, county, municipal, or district initiative, referendum, or recall petition is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600. - 18680.]","ARTICLE 1. Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics [18600. - 18604.]"],"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":"940d0d47ff78be1da8983c60661c162e008560258591b05e5ebe04692083b336","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18602","next":"us-ca/elec-18604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}