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HomeCorporations CodeCh. 18§ 8812 Director Fraudulent Asset Distribution

§ 8812 Director Fraudulent Asset Distribution

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§ 8812 Director Fraudulent Asset Distribution

Key Takeaways

  • •If you're a boss in a company and you agree to give away the company's money or stuff in a sneaky or dishonest way, you're breaking the law.
  • •This includes trying to trick people who the company owes money to or making the company look like it's worth more than it really is to fool buyers.
  • •If you do this, you can go to jail for up to a year, pay a fine up to $1,000, or both.

Example

Imagine you're a boss at a toy company that's struggling. Instead of paying back the people the company owes money to, you and the other bosses decide to split the company's remaining money among yourselves.

This is breaking the law because you're being dishonest and not using the company's money the right way. You're trying to trick the people the company owes money to by not paying them back.

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

Official Source
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§ 8812 Director Fraudulent Asset Distribution

Any director of any corporation who concurs in any vote or act of the directors of the corporation or any of them, knowingly and with dishonest or fraudulent purpose, to make any distribution of assets, except in the case and in the manner allowed by this part, either with the design of defrauding creditors or members or of giving a false appearance to the value of the membership and thereby defrauding purchasers is guilty of a crime. Each such crime is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 42. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

directorcorporationfraudulent purposedistribution of assetsdefrauding creditorsdefrauding purchaserscrimeimprisonmentfine

Related Statutes

  • § 12672 Fraudulent Corporate Distribution Crime
  • § 6811 Director Fraudulent Distribution Crime
  • § 6813 Corporate Fraudulent Record Tampering
  • § 12674 Corporate Books Falsification
  • § 8814 Corporate Fraud By Officers

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 8812.
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