{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-146b","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 146b","heading":"","body":"Every person who, with intent to lead another to believe that a request or demand for information is being made by the State, a county, city, or other governmental entity, when such is not the case, sends to such other person a written or printed form or other communication which reasonably appears to be such request or demand by such governmental entity, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]"],"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":"0ae85841f99ceca91c11f078c3c7d65d722425eb084f419ece0b51875e68f03c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-146a","next":"us-ca/pen-146c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}