California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 539

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 371, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.

Every person who, with the intent to defraud, certifies that a person ordered by the court to participate in community service as a condition of probation has completed the number of hours of community service prescribed in the court order and the participant has not completed the prescribed number of hours, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 539 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-1-of-crimes-and-punishments/title-13-of-crimes-against-property/chapter-8-false-personation-and-cheats/section-539

Other sections in Chapter 8 - False Personation and Cheats

§ 528§ 528.5§ 529§ 529a§ 529.5§ 529.6§ 529.7§ 530§ 530.5§ 530.55…§ 538b§ 538c§ 538d§ 538e§ 538f§ 538g§ 538h§ 538i§ 538.5§ 539

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