Every person who alters, falsifies, forges, duplicates or in any manner reproduces or counterfeits any driver’s license or identification card issued by a governmental agency with the intent that such driver’s license or identification card be used to facilitate the commission of any forgery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
Cal. Penal Code § 470a
Forgery and Counterfeiting
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Jose Escobar Santos v. Merrick Garland (2021)
Most recently applied in Jose Escobar Santos v. Merrick Garland (July 2021)
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 358
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.