{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-74","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 74","heading":"","body":"Every public officer who, for any gratuity or reward, appoints another person to a public office, or permits another person to exercise or discharge any of the duties of his office, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and, in addition thereto, forfeits his office and is forever disqualified from holding any office in this state.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 5. OF CRIMES BY AND AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE POWER OF THE STATE [67. - 77.]"],"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":"33fb27bce1bd960e3af70eb7f71a5b725b7705917482c66f931cecec3e130d30","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-73","next":"us-ca/pen-76"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}