Any person other than a needy child, who willfully and knowingly, with the intent to deceive, makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact to obtain aid, or who, knowing he or she is not entitled thereto, attempts to obtain aid or to continue to receive aid to which he or she is not entitled, or a larger amount than that to which he or she is legally entitled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, except as specified in Section 11482.5 and shall be subject to prosecution under the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 10980) of Part 2.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 11482
Enforcement
Known as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act
The act spans §§ 11200 to 11526.5 (396 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 164 Cal. App. 4th 442 - People v. Mitchell (2008)
Most recently applied in 221 Cal. App. 4th 525 - People v. Scott (November 2013)
Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1448, Sec. 4.
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.