{"data":{"id":"us-pa/25-pa.c.s.-1704","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"25 Pa.C.S. § 1704","heading":"Altering registration.","body":"(a) Prohibition.--No registrar, commissioner, clerk or assistant or commission employee may do any of the following:\n(1) Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted an entry in a registration record without a proper application under this part or without requiring the proper evidence of the right of the applicant to be registered.\n(2) Intentionally materially alter a registration record after the entries have been made unless the alteration is in accordance with this part. This paragraph does not apply to an alteration pursuant to an order of a court of common pleas or of a commission.\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.","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=4\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2024-03-06 (Statute Update stamp, 25 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:53Z","sha256":"18d89aa551bd27973c73d34abe5ee600d7c1729b274846f7d8fa252198e7fbbb","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/25-pa.c.s.-1703","next":"us-pa/25-pa.c.s.-1705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}