Rev. & Tax. Code, § 19583 · Article 3. Tax Forms

Rev. & Tax. Code, § 19583

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The Franchise Tax Board shall, in preparing tax forms, include the following statement adjacent to the signature line of any income tax return required to be filed by a married individual: “It is unlawful to forge a spouse’s signature.”

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 31, Sec. 26. Effective June 16, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 31.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC&sectionNum=19583.
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