{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-620","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 620","heading":"","body":"Every person who willfully alters the purport, effect, or meaning of a telegraphic or telephonic message to the injury of another, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF [594. - 625c.]"],"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":"8326e34ae706d0cc8616c89f5c97f074525a570fec565912adf8a3372f083a51","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-618","next":"us-ca/pen-621"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}