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HomeCorporations CodeCh. 12§ 8215 Corporate Fraud Liability

§ 8215 Corporate Fraud Liability

Corporations Code·California
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§ 8215 Corporate Fraud Liability

Key Takeaways

  • •If you work for a company and lie in important papers (like money reports or ads) on purpose, you can be in big trouble.
  • •If you change or delete stuff in company records to trick people, you can be punished.
  • •You and others who helped lie can all be forced to pay for the damage caused by the lie.

Example

A manager at a toy company changes the money records to hide that the company is losing money, making it look like the company is doing great.

The manager knew the records were wrong but changed them anyway to trick people. If someone buys stock in the company because they saw the fake records and loses money, the manager (and anyone who helped) has to pay for that person’s loss.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 8215 Corporate Fraud Liability

Any officers, directors, employees or agents of a corporation who do any of the following are liable jointly and severally for all the damages resulting therefrom to the corporation or any person injured thereby who relied thereupon or to both: (a) Make, issue, deliver or publish any prospectus, report, circular, certificate, financial statement, balance sheet, public notice or document respecting the corporation or its memberships, assets, liabilities, capital, dividends, business, earnings or accounts which is false in any material respect, knowing it to be false, or participate in the making, issuance, delivery or publication thereof with knowledge that the same is false in a material respect. (b) Make or cause to be made in the books, minutes, records or accounts of a corporation any entry which is false in any material particular knowing such entry is false. (c) Remove, erase, alter or cancel any entry in any books or records of the corporation, with intent to deceive. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 567.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

jointly and severally liablefalse in any material respectintent to deceive

Related Statutes

  • § 12575 Corporate Fraud Liability
  • § 6215 Corporate Fraud Liability
  • § 28802 Financial Record Fraud Prohibition
  • § 1507 Corporate Fraud Liability
  • § 1200 Corporate Reorganization Approval Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 8215.
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