{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-68080.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 68080.5","heading":"","body":"(a) A person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the California Supreme Court, an appellate court, or a superior court in any campaign literature or mass mailing, as defined in Section 82041.5, with intent to deceive the voters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n(b) For purposes of this section, the use of a reproduction or facsimile of a seal in a manner that creates a misleading, erroneous, or false impression that the document is authorized by a public official is evidence of intent to deceive.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 8. THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF COURTS [68070. - 77655.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [68070. - 68114.10.]"],"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":"daa8e7b748c6c2022afbaa0414cf97fb1aed9cc676895095b40875818c2eda46","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-68080","next":"us-ca/gov-68081"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}