Pen. Code, § 539 · Chapter 8. False Personation and Cheats
Pen. Code, § 539
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 371, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=539.
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