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Cal. Penal Code § 473

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(a)Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any person who is guilty of forgery relating to a check, bond, bank bill, note, cashier’s check, traveler’s check, or money order, where the value of the check, bond, bank bill, note, cashier’s check, traveler’s check, or money order does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, except that such person may instead be punished pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 if that person has one or more prior convictions for an offense specified in clause (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290. This subdivision shall not be applicable to any person who is convicted both of forgery and of identity theft, as defined in Section 530.5.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 40 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1946–2023 · leading case: State v. Fain
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State v. Fain (1980) wash · cites it 4× “Cal. Penal Code § 473 (West)). The penalty for Fain's 1977 conviction, theft in the second degree, is a maximum of 5 years in the state penitentiary.”
People v. DeHoyos (2018) cal “(a) ); forgery of instruments worth $950 or less ( Pen. Code, § 473, subd. (b) ); fraud involving financial instruments worth $950 or less ( Pen.”
People v. Gonzales (2018) cal “( Pen. Code, § 473, subd. (a).) 1 When voters enacted Proposition 47, the Penal Code gained a new provision reducing punishment to a misdemeanor for "forgery relating to a check, bond, bank bill, note, cashier's check, traveler's check, or money order, where the value of the…”
People v. Davis (1998) cal · cites it 2× “(Pen.Code, §§ 473, 17.) To the extent defendant passed the check through the chute to perfect and realize gains from his act of forgery, either felonious intent (larceny or forgery) would serve to establish the requisite unlawful specific intent for burglary.”
Eduardo Velasquez-Rios v. William Barr (2020) ca9 “” Cal. Penal Code § 473 . Sanjay Joseph Desai is a citizen and national of India who was admitted to the United States in 2000 as a non- immigrant visitor with authorization to remain for six months.”
People v. Johnston (2016) calctapp “…offenses to misdemeanors (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11350, 11357, 11377), as well as forging or writing bad checks (Pen. Code, §§ 473, 476a), receiving stolen property (§ 496), and petty theft. It accomplished the latter with the addition of section 490.2, which now defines…”
Francisco Jose Morales-Alegria v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General (2006) ca9 “See Cal. Penal Code § 473 (“Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year”).”
People v. Franco (2018) cal “( Pen. Code, § 473, subd. (b).) 1 We must decide how to determine the value of a forged check.”
People v. Haywood (2015) calctapp3d “…offenses to misdemeanors (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11350, 11357, 11377 ), as well as forging or writing bad checks (Pen. Code, §§ 473, 476a ), receiving stolen property (§ 496), and petty theft. It accomplished the latter by adding section 490.2, which now defines petty…”
United States v. Raymond Leon Currier, United States of America v. Raymond Leon Currier (1987) ca1 “” Cal. Penal Code § 473 (West 1970) (emphasis added); Currier, supra, 644 F.”
People v. Bussey (2018) calctapp5d “2" (which in subdivision (a) declares that obtaining any property worth $950 or less is a petty theft punishable as a misdemeanor), and "additionally amended section 666 (also called 'petty theft with a prior') to allow wobbler punishment for recidivists who are otherwise…”
In Re McVickers (1946) cal “We entertain no doubt that the forgery of a United States postal money order is an offense within section 470 and, therefore, would be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison (Pen. Code, § 473). It is immaterial that forgery was not one of the offenses enumerated in…”
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