CALIFORNIA CODES
PENAL CODE
SECTION 528-530.8




528.  Every person who falsely personates another, and in such
assumed character marries or pretends to marry, or to sustain the
marriage relation towards another, with or without the connivance of
such other, is guilty of a felony.

529.  Every person who falsely personates another in either his
private or official capacity, and in such assumed character either:
   1. Becomes bail or surety for any party in any proceeding
whatever, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or
surety;
   2. Verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves, in the name of
another person, any written instrument, with intent that the same may
be recorded, delivered, or used as true; or,
   3. Does any other act whereby, if done by the person falsely
personated, he might, in any event, become liable to any suit or
prosecution, or to pay any sum of money, or to incur any charge,
forfeiture, or penalty, or whereby any benefit might accrue to the
party personating, or to any other person;
   Is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars
($10,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county
jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

529a.  Every person who manufactures, produces, sells, offers, or
transfers to another any document purporting to be either a
certificate of birth or certificate of baptism, knowing such document
to be false or counterfeit and with the intent to deceive, is guilty
of a crime, and upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by
imprisonment in the state prison.  Every person who offers, displays,
or has in his or her possession any false or counterfeit certificate
of birth or certificate of baptism, or any genuine certificate of
birth which describes a person then living or deceased, with intent
to represent himself or herself as another or to conceal his or her
true identity, is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction therefor,
shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed
one year.

529.5.  (a) Every person who manufactures, sells, offers for sale,
or transfers any document, not amounting to counterfeit, purporting
to be a government-issued identification card or driver's license,
which by virtue of the wording or appearance thereon could reasonably
deceive an ordinary person into believing that it is issued by a
government agency, and who knows that the document is not a
government-issued document, is guilty of a  misdemeanor, punishable
by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and
imprisonment.
   (b) Any person who, having been convicted of a violation of
subdivision (a), is subsequently convicted of a violation of
subdivision (a), is punishable for the subsequent conviction by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine
not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both the fine and
imprisonment.
   (c) Any person who possesses a document described in subdivision
(a) and who knows that the document is not a government-issued
document is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
than  one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more than two thousand
five hundred dollars ($2,500).  The misdemeanor fine shall be imposed
except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would be
served.  The court may allow an offender to work off the fine by
doing community service.  If community service work is not available,
the misdemeanor shall be punishable by a fine of up to one thousand
dollars ($1,000), based on the person's ability to pay.
   (d) If an offense specified in this section is committed by a
person when he or she is under 21 years of age, but is 13 years of
age or older, the court also may suspend the person's driving
privilege for one year, pursuant to Section 13202.5 of the Vehicle
Code.

529.7.  Any person who obtains, or assists another person in
obtaining, a driver's license, identification card, vehicle
registration certificate, or any other official document issued by
the Department of Motor Vehicles, with knowledge that the person
obtaining the document is not entitled to the document, is guilty of
a misdemeanor, and is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for
up to one year, or a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), or
both.

530.  Every person who falsely personates another, in either his
private or official capacity, and in such assumed character receives
any money or property, knowing that it is intended to be delivered to
the individual so personated, with intent to convert the same to his
own use, or to that of another person, or to deprive the true owner
thereof, is punishable in the same manner and to the same extent as
for larceny of the money or property so received.

530.5.  (a) Every person who willfully obtains personal identifying
information, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of
another person, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose,
including to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods, services,
real property, or medical information without the consent of that
person, is guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction therefor,
shall be punished by a fine, by imprisonment in a county jail not to
exceed one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment, or by
imprisonment in the state prison.
   (b) In any case in which a person willfully obtains personal
identifying information of another person, uses that information to
commit a crime in addition to a violation of subdivision (a), and is
convicted of that crime, the court records shall reflect that the
person whose identity was falsely used to commit the crime did not
commit the crime.
   (c) (1) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, acquires or
retains possession of the personal identifying information, as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of another person is
guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction therefor, shall be
punished by a fine, by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed
one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
   (2) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, acquires or
retains possession of the personal identifying information, as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of another person, and
who has previously been convicted of a violation of this section,
upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine, by imprisonment
in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both a fine and
imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison.
   (3) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, acquires or
retains possession of the personal identifying information, as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of 10 or more other
persons is guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction therefor,
shall be punished by a fine, by imprisonment in a county jail not to
exceed one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment, or by
imprisonment in the state prison.
   (d) (1) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, sells,
transfers, or conveys the personal identifying information, as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of another person is
guilty of a public offense, and upon conviction therefor, shall be
punished by a fine, by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed
one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in
the state prison.
   (2) Every person who, with actual knowledge that the personal
identifying information, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section
530.55, of a specific person will be used to commit a violation of
subdivision (a), sells, transfers, or conveys that same personal
identifying information is guilty of a public offense, and upon
conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine, by imprisonment in
the state prison, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
   (e) Every person who commits mail theft, as defined in Section
1708 of Title 18 of the United States Code, is guilty of a public
offense, and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine, by
imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both a
fine and imprisonment.  Prosecution under this subdivision shall not
limit or preclude prosecution under any other provision of law,
including, but not limited to, subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of
this section.
   (f) An interactive computer service or access software provider,
as defined in subsection (f) of Section 230 of Title 47 of the United
States Code, shall not be liable under this section unless the
service or provider acquires, transfers, sells, conveys, or retains
possession of personal information with the intent to defraud.

530.55.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, "person" means a natural
person, living or deceased, firm, association, organization,
partnership, business trust, company, corporation, limited liability
company, or public entity, or any other legal entity.
   (b) For purposes of this chapter, "personal identifying
information" means
    any name, address, telephone number, health insurance number,
taxpayer identification number, school identification number, state
or federal driver's license, or identification number, social
security number, place of employment, employee identification number,
professional or occupational number, mother's maiden name, demand
deposit account number, savings account number, checking account
number, PIN (personal identification number) or password, alien
registration number, government passport number, date of birth,
unique biometric data including fingerprint, facial scan identifiers,
voiceprint, retina or iris image, or other unique physical
representation, unique electronic data including information
identification number assigned to the person, address or routing
code, telecommunication identifying information or access device,
information contained in a birth or death certificate, or credit card
number of an individual person, or an equivalent form of
identification.

530.6.  (a) A person who has learned or reasonably suspects that his
or her personal identifying information has been unlawfully used by
another, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 530.5, may
initiate a law enforcement investigation by contacting the local law
enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over his or her actual
residence or place of business, which shall take a police report of
the matter, provide the complainant with a copy of that report, and
begin an investigation of the facts. If the suspected crime was
committed in a different jurisdiction, the local law enforcement
agency may refer the matter to the law enforcement agency where the
suspected crime was committed for further investigation of the facts.

   (b) A person who reasonably believes that he or she is the victim
of identity theft may petition a court, or the court, on its own
motion or upon application of the prosecuting attorney, may move, for
an expedited judicial determination of his or her factual innocence,
where the perpetrator of the identity theft was arrested for, cited
for, or convicted of a crime under the victim's identity, or where a
criminal complaint has been filed against the perpetrator in the
victim's name, or where the victim's identity has been mistakenly
associated with a record of criminal conviction. Any judicial
determination of factual innocence made pursuant to this section may
be heard and determined upon declarations, affidavits, police
reports, or other material, relevant, and reliable information
submitted by the parties or ordered to be part of the record by the
court. Where the court determines that the petition or motion is
meritorious and that there is no reasonable cause to believe that the
victim committed the offense for which the perpetrator of the
identity theft was arrested, cited, convicted, or subject to a
criminal complaint in the victim's name, or that the victim's
identity has been mistakenly associated with a record of criminal
conviction, the court shall find the victim factually innocent of
that offense. If the victim is found factually innocent, the court
shall issue an order certifying this determination.
   (c) After a court has issued a determination of factual innocence
pursuant to this section, the court may order the name and associated
personal identifying information contained in court records, files,
and indexes accessible by the public deleted, sealed, or labeled to
show that the data is impersonated and does not reflect the defendant'
s identity.
   (d) A court that has issued a determination of factual innocence
pursuant to this section may at any time vacate that determination if
the petition, or any information submitted in support of the
petition, is found to contain any material misrepresentation or
fraud.
   (e) The Judicial Council of California shall develop a form for
use in issuing an order pursuant to this section.
   (f) For purposes of this section,"person" means a natural person,
firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust,
company, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity.

530.7.  (a) In order for a victim of identity theft to be included
in the data base established pursuant to subdivision (c), he or she
shall submit to the Department of Justice a court order obtained
pursuant to any provision of law, a full set of fingerprints, and any
other information prescribed by the department.
   (b) Upon receiving information pursuant to subdivision (a), the
Department of Justice shall verify the identity of the victim against
any driver's license or other identification record maintained by
the Department of Motor Vehicles.
   (c) The Department of Justice shall establish and maintain a data
base of individuals who have been victims of identity theft.  The
department shall provide a victim of identity theft or his or her
authorized representative access to the data base in order to
establish that the individual has been a victim of identity theft.
Access to the data base shall be limited to criminal justice
agencies, victims of identity theft, and individuals and agencies
authorized by the victims.
   (d) The Department of Justice shall establish and maintain a
toll-free telephone number to provide access to information under
subdivision (c).
   (e) This section shall be operative September 1, 2001.

530.8.  (a) If a person discovers that an application in his or her
name for a loan, credit line or account, credit card, charge card,
public utility service, mail receiving or forwarding service, office
or desk space rental service, or commercial mobile radio service has
been filed with any person or entity by an unauthorized person, or
that an account in his or her name has been opened with a bank, trust
company, savings association, credit union, public utility, mail
receiving or forwarding service, office or desk space rental service,
or commercial mobile radio service provider by an unauthorized
person, then, upon presenting to the person or entity with which the
application was filed or the account was opened a copy of a police
report prepared pursuant to Section 530.6 and identifying information
in the categories of information that the unauthorized person used
to complete the application or to open the account, the person, or a
law enforcement officer specified by the person, shall be entitled to
receive information related to the application or account, including
a copy of the unauthorized person's application or application
information and a record of transactions or charges associated with
the application or account. Upon request by the person in whose name
the application was filed or in whose name the account was opened,
the person or entity with which the application was filed shall
inform him or her of the categories of identifying information that
the unauthorized person used to complete the application or to open
the account. The person or entity with which the application was
filed or the account was opened shall provide copies of all paper
records, records of telephone applications or authorizations, or
records of electronic applications or authorizations required by this
section, without charge, within 10 business days of receipt of the
person's request and submission of the required copy of the police
report and identifying information.
   (b) Any request made pursuant to subdivision (a) to a person or
entity subject to the provisions of Section 2891 of the Public
Utilities Code shall be in writing and the requesting person shall be
deemed to be the subscriber for purposes of that section.
   (c) (1) Before a person or entity provides copies to a law
enforcement officer pursuant to subdivision (a), the person or entity
may require the requesting person to submit a signed and dated
statement by which the requesting person does all of the following:
   (A) Authorizes disclosure for a stated period.
   (B) Specifies the name of the agency or department to which the
disclosure is authorized.
   (C) Identifies the types of records that the requesting person
authorizes to be disclosed.
   (2) The person or entity shall include in the statement to be
signed by the requesting person a notice that the requesting person
has the right at any time to revoke the authorization.
   (d) (1) A failure to produce records pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be addressed by the court in the jurisdiction in which the
victim resides or in which the request for information was issued. At
the victim's request, the Attorney General, the district attorney,
or the prosecuting city attorney may file a petition to compel the
attendance of the person or entity in possession of the records, as
described in subdivision (a), and order the production of the
requested records to the court. The petition shall contain a
declaration from the victim stating when the request for information
was made, that the information requested was not provided, and what
response, if any, was made by the person or entity. The petition
shall also contain copies of the police report prepared pursuant to
Section 530.6 and the request for information made pursuant to this
section upon the person or entity in possession of the records, as
described in subdivision (a), and these two documents shall be kept
confidential by the court. The petition and copies of the police
report and the application shall be served upon the person or entity
in possession of the records, as described in subdivision (a). The
court shall hold a hearing on the petition no later than 10 court
days after the petition is served and filed. The court shall order
the release of records to the victim as required pursuant to this
section.
   (2) In addition to any other civil remedy available, the victim
may bring a civil action against the entity for damages, injunctive
relief or other equitable relief, and a penalty of one hundred
dollars ($100) per day of noncompliance, plus reasonable attorneys'
fees.
   (e) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Application" means a new application for credit or service,
the addition of authorized users to an existing account, the renewal
of an existing account, or any other changes made to an existing
account.
   (2) "Commercial mobile radio service" means "commercial mobile
radio service" as defined in Section 20.3 of Title 47 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
   (3) "Law enforcement officer" means a peace officer as defined by
Section 830.1.
   (4) "Person" means a natural person, firm, association,
organization, partnership, business trust, company, corporation,
limited liability company, or public entity.