California · Financial Code

FIN §31800: It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to make any untrue statement of a material fact in any application or report filed with the commissioner under this division or under any regulation or or

Misdemeanor

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It is unlawful to knowingly make false statements of material fact or omit required material facts in applications or reports filed with the commissioner.

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It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to make any untrue statement of a material fact in any application or report filed with the commissioner under this division or under any regulation or order issued under this division, or willfully to omit to state in any such application or report any material fact which is required to be stated therein.

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