California · Corporations Code

CORP §8816: Every person who, without being authorized so to do, subscribes the name of another to or inserts the name of another in any prospectus, circular or other advertisement or announcement of any corporat

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to fraudulently use another person's name in corporate advertisements or announcements to make people believe they are an officer or agent of the corporation when they are not.

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Every person who, without being authorized so to do, subscribes the name of another to or inserts the name of another in any prospectus, circular or other advertisement or announcement of any corporation, whether existing or intended to be formed, with intent to permit the document to be published and thereby to lead persons to believe that the person whose name is so subscribed is an officer, agent or promoter of such corporation, when in fact no such relationship exists to the knowledge of such person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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