It is unlawful to use a false or fictitious name, or to knowingly make any false statement or knowingly conceal any material fact in any document filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
Cal. Veh. Code § 20
General Provisions
Known as the Vehicle Code
The act spans §§ 1–32 (34 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 84 Cal. App. 3d 118 - People v. Ott (1978)
Most recently applied in 52 Cal. 4th 81 - People v. Murphy (July 2011)
Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.