Article 1. Misdemeanors of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 102. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 17. >> Article 1.
(a) Every person, except a parent informant for a
certificate of live birth and as provided in subdivision (b), who is
responsible for supplying information who refuses or fails to furnish
correctly any information in his or her possession that is required
by this part, or furnishes false information affecting any
certificate or record required by this part, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(b) Every licensee or registrant pursuant to Chapter 12
(commencing with Section 7600) or Chapter 19 (commencing with Section
9600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and the
agents and employees of the licensee, or any unlicensed person acting
in a capacity in which a license from the Cemetery and Funeral
Bureau is required, who is responsible for supplying information and
who refuses or fails to furnish correctly any information in his or
her possession that is required by this part, or furnishes false
information with intent to defraud affecting a death certificate or
record required by this part, is guilty of a misdemeanor that shall
be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one
year, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by
both that imprisonment and fine.
(a) Every person, except as provided in subdivision (b),
who willfully alters or knowingly possesses more than one altered
document, other than as permitted by this part, or falsifies any
certificate of birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license, or
any record established by this part is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Every licensee or registrant pursuant to Chapter 12
(commencing with Section 7600) or Chapter 19 (commencing with Section
9600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and the
agents and employees of the licensee, or any unlicensed person acting
in a capacity in which a license from the Cemetery and Funeral
Bureau is required, who willfully alters or knowingly possesses more
than one altered document, other than as permitted by this part, or
falsifies any certificate of death, is guilty of a misdemeanor that
shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding
one year, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or
by both that imprisonment and fine.
Every person who is required to fill out a certificate of
birth, fetal death, or death, or marriage license and register it
with the local registrar, or deliver it, upon request, to any person
charged with the duty of registering it, and who fails, neglects, or
refuses to perform that duty in the manner required by this part is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Every local registrar, deputy registrar, or subregistrar,
who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform his or her duty as
required by this part and by the instructions and directions of the
State Registrar thereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any person who uses any information from a certificate of
live birth that is stamped with the notation authorized under
subdivision (a) of Section 10056.5 is guilty of a misdemeanor.