California · Penal Code

PEN §539: Every person who, with the intent to defraud, certifies that a person ordered by the court to participate in community service as a condition of probation has completed the number of hours of communit

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by falsely certifying that someone has completed court-ordered community service hours when they have not, with intent to defraud.

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Every person who, with the intent to defraud, certifies that a person ordered by the court to participate in community service as a condition of probation has completed the number of hours of community service prescribed in the court order and the participant has not completed the prescribed number of hours, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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