No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this article if that person knows that the information is false. A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75), except that a violation by a person, after a second conviction of a violation of this section, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
This section is in addition to, and does not supersede or limit, any and all other remedies, civil or criminal.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 990, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018