Every person who makes, issues, or puts in circulation any bill, check, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or the paper of any bank, to circulate as money, except as authorized by the laws of the United States, for the first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every subsequent offense, is guilty of felony.
Cal. Penal Code § 648
Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 206 Cal. App. 2d 262 - People v. Bedilion (1962)
Most recently applied in 271 Cal. App. 2d 130 - People v. Burkett (March 1969)
Enacted 1872.
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