SECTIONS 6200-6203 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 6200-6203

6200. Every officer having the custody of any record, map, or book,
or of any paper or proceeding of any court, filed or deposited in
any public office, or placed in his or her hands for any purpose, is
punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or
four years if, as to the whole or any part of the record, map, book,
paper, or proceeding, the officer willfully does or permits any other
person to do any of the following:
(a) Steal, remove, or secrete.
(b) Destroy, mutilate, or deface.
(c) Alter or falsify.

6201. Every person not an officer referred to in Section 6200, who
is guilty of any of the acts specified in that section, is punishable
by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail not
exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

6203. (a) Every officer authorized by law to make or give any
certificate or other writing is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she
makes and delivers as true any certificate or writing containing
statements which he or she knows to be false.
(b) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in
Section 802 of the Penal Code, or any other provision of law,
prosecution for a violation of this offense shall be commenced within
four years after discovery of the commission of the offense, or
within four years after the completion of the offense, whichever is
later.
(c) The penalty provided by this section is not an exclusive
remedy, and does not affect any other relief or remedy provided by
law.