ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

ISSUE: SHOULD THE SALE, FURNISHING, TRANSPORTING, OR IMPROVING OF
COUNTERFEIT SEALS OR FACSIMILE SIGNATURE STAMPS BE PROHIBITED?

DIGEST

Under current law:

1) Production of a counterfeit government seal, with the intent
to defraud, or possession and willful concealment of a
counterfeit government seal, knowing it is counterfeit, is an
alternate felony/misdemeanor punishable by 16 months, two or
three years in state prison, or by up to one year in county jail.
(Penal Code section 472.)

http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/95-96/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_156_cfa_950320_114122_asm_comm.html