California Penal Code
§ 648
PEN § 648Title 15 · Part 1 · Ch. 2
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.govEvery person who makes, issues, or puts in circulation any bill, check, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or the paper of any bank, to circulate as money, except as authorized by the laws of the United States, for the first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every subsequent offense, is guilty of felony.
Legislative history
Enacted 1872.