{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-653.55","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 653.55","heading":"","body":"It is a misdemeanor for any person for compensation to knowingly make a false or misleading material statement or assertion of fact in the preparation of an immigration matter which statement or assertion is detrimentally relied upon by another. Such a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES [626. - 653.75.]","CHAPTER 3. Immigration Matters [653.55. - 653.61.]"],"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":"6f6c0237d8b1ff668eb7c01797238e55478a1fa8f7b43585d51da7cf7ef67ece","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-653.29","next":"us-ca/pen-653.56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}