Section 529 Of Chapter 8. False Personation And Cheats From California Penal Code >> Title 13. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 8.
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. (a) Every person who falsely personates another in either his
or her private or official capacity, and in that assumed character
does any of the following, is punishable pursuant to subdivision (b):
(1) Becomes bail or surety for any party in any proceeding
whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take that bail or
surety.
(2) Verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves, in the name of
another person, any written instrument, with intent that the same may
be recorded, delivered, or used as true.
(3) Does any other act whereby, if done by the person falsely
personated, he might, in any event, become liable to any suit or
prosecution, or to pay any sum of money, or to incur any charge,
forfeiture, or penalty, or whereby any benefit might accrue to the
party personating, or to any other person.
(b) By a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or imprisonment
pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by both that fine
and imprisonment.