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HomeCorporations CodeCh. 18§ 8814 Corporate Fraud By Officers

§ 8814 Corporate Fraud By Officers

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§ 8814 Corporate Fraud By Officers

Key Takeaways

  • •If you're in charge of a company and take company stuff (like money or items) for yourself without paying for it, and you don't write it down in the company's records to hide it, you're breaking the law.
  • •If you're in charge of a company and you mess with, destroy, or fake any company records (like books, papers, or documents) to trick people, you're breaking the law.
  • •If you do any of these things, you can go to jail for up to a year or pay a fine up to $1,000, or both.

Example

The manager of a toy store takes $500 from the store's cash register for personal use and doesn't record it in the store's money log to hide what they did.

The manager took money that didn't belong to them and didn't write it down to trick the company. This is breaking the law, and they could go to jail or have to pay a fine.

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

Official Source
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§ 8814 Corporate Fraud By Officers

(a) Every director, officer or agent of any corporation, who knowingly receives or acquires possession of any property of the corporation, otherwise than in payment of a just demand, and, with intent to defraud, omits to make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry thereof in the books or accounts of the corporation is guilty of a crime. (b) Every director, officer, agent or member of any corporation who, with intent to defraud, destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any of the books, papers, writings or securities belonging to the corporation or makes or concurs in omitting to make any material entry in any book of accounts or other record or document kept by the corporation is guilty of a crime. (c) Each crime specified in this section is punishable by imprisonment in state prison, or by imprisonment in a county jail for not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both such fine and imprisonment. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 567.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

directorofficeragentintent to defraudbooks or accountsimprisonmentfine

Related Statutes

  • § 12674 Corporate Books Falsification
  • § 6813 Corporate Fraudulent Record Tampering
  • § 6814 Corporate Fraud Punishment
  • § 8815 Corporate Fraud Punishment
  • § 12671 Fraudulent Membership Certificate Issuance

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 8814.
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