{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18631","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18631","heading":"","body":"Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600. - 18680.]","ARTICLE 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing [18630. - 18631.]"],"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":"8568730cc9d0581729646e4f071ec7a14c2c7b5f70fbe35bb8c65ee4a1dd2314","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18630","next":"us-ca/elec-18640"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}