Corp. Code, § 2252 · Chapter 22. Crimes and Penalties
Corp. Code, § 2252
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Every person (a) who signs the name of a fictitious person to any subscription for or agreement to take stock in any domestic or foreign corporation, existing or proposed, or (b) who signs to any subscription or agreement the name of any person, knowing that the person has no means or does not intend in good faith to comply with all the terms thereof or that there is any understanding or agreement that the terms of the subscription or agreement are not to be complied with or enforced, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.
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