{"data":{"id":"us-pa/25-pa.c.s.-1703","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"25 Pa.C.S. § 1703","heading":"Application.","body":"(a) Prohibition.--An individual may not do any of the following:\n(1) Apply for registration with knowledge or reason to know that the individual is not entitled to registration.\n(2) Apply for a change of residence with knowledge or reason to know that the individual is not entitled to the change.\n(3) Declare as residence a place or address which the individual knows is not the individual's legal residence.\n(4) Intentionally impersonate another in an application for registration.\n(b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, and to forfeit the right of suffrage for ten years.","path":["Title 25 - ELECTIONS","PART IV VOTER REGISTRATION","CHAPTER 17 PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=25\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=17\u0026sctn=3\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2024-03-06 (Statute Update stamp, 25 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:53Z","sha256":"6ac88cefd455dceee63ceabacd882846207598100952bbaea7ba161d1646ef29","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/25-pa.c.s.-1702","next":"us-pa/25-pa.c.s.-1704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}