No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a peace officer while in the performance of his duties under the provisions of this code when such person knows that the information is false.
Cal. Veh. Code § 31
General Provisions
Known as the Vehicle Code
The act spans §§ 1–32 (34 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Colonial Insurance (1966)
Most recently applied in 8 Cal. 5th 353 - People v. Lopez (November 2019)
Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1264.
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.