An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.
Cal. Penal Code § 125
Perjury and Subornation of Perjury
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 19 Cal. 4th 652 - People v. Hagen (1998)
Most recently applied in Ho Yim v. William Barr (August 2020)
Enacted 1872.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.