SECTIONS 22430 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 22430

22430. (a) No deceptive identification document shall be
manufactured, sold, offered for sale, furnished, offered to be
furnished, transported, offered to be transported, or imported or
offered to be imported into this state unless there is diagonally
across the face of the document, in not less than 14-point type and
printed conspicuously on the document in permanent ink, the following
statement:

NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT

and, also printed conspicuously on the document, the name of the
manufacturer.
(b) As used in this section, "deceptive identification document"
means any document not issued by a governmental agency of this state,
another state, or the federal government, which purports to be, or
which might deceive an ordinary reasonable person into believing that
it is, a document issued by such an agency, including, but not
limited to, a driver's license, identification card, birth
certificate, passport, or social security card.
(c) Any person who violates or proposes to violate this section
may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. Actions for
injunction under this section may be prosecuted by the Attorney
General or any district attorney in this state in the name of the
people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon
the complaint of any person.
(d) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (a) who
knows or reasonably should know that the deceptive identification
document will be used for fraudulent purposes is guilty of a crime,
and upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by imprisonment in
the county jail not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment in the
state prison.