California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §19439: In lieu of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in any application or other paper or document required to be filed with it, the board may require a certification thereof under the penalty o

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who willfully makes a false certificate under penalty of perjury in a filing with the board commits a felony punishable under the Penal Code's perjury provisions.

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In lieu of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in any application or other paper or document required to be filed with it, the board may require a certification thereof under the penalty of perjury, in such form as the board may prescribe. Any person who willfully makes and subscribes any such certificate which is materially false in any particular is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished in the manner prescribed by the Penal Code for the punishment of perjury.

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