§ 28800 False Statements To Commissioner

Corporations Code·California

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•You can't lie on official papers sent to the commissioner.
•You can't leave out important facts that are required on those papers.
•This applies to any application, report, or document they ask for.

Example

You fill out a form to get a license for your business, but you lie about how much money you make.

This is against the law because you made up a fact on an official paper.

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§ 28800 False Statements To Commissioner

It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to make any untrue statement of a material fact in any application, report, or other document filed with the commissioner under this division or under any regulation or order issued under this division, or willfully to omit to state in any application, report or other document filed with the commissioner under this division any material fact which is required to be stated therein. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 668, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999. Operative July 1, 1999, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 668.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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untrue statement material fact commissioner application report document

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 28800.

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