In lieu of requiring an affidavit or other sworn statement in any application or other paper or document required to be filed with it, the board may require a certification thereof under the penalty of perjury, in such form as the board may prescribe.

Any person who willfully makes and subscribes any such certificate which is materially false in any particular is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished in the manner prescribed by the Penal Code for the punishment of perjury.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 19439

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1828.)