California · Penal Code

PEN §431: Every person who uses or gives any receipt, except that prescribed by law, as evidence of the payment of any poll tax, road tax, or license of any kind, or who receives payment of such tax or license

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is a misdemeanor to use or give an improper receipt for poll taxes, road taxes, or licenses, or to receive payment without giving the required receipt, or to list multiple names on one receipt.

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Every person who uses or gives any receipt, except that prescribed by law, as evidence of the payment of any poll tax, road tax, or license of any kind, or who receives payment of such tax or license without delivering the receipt prescribed by law, or who inserts the name of more than one person therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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