CALCRIM No. 1926

Corporate Seal (Pen. Code, § 472)

The defendant is charged [in Count] with possessing a counterfeit

(government/public/corporate) seal [or an impression of a counterfeit

(government/public/corporate) seal] [in violation of Penal Code section

472].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant possessed a counterfeit seal [or an impression of a

counterfeit seal] of (this state[,]/ [or] a legally authorized public

officer[,]/ [or] a court of record[,]/ [or] a corporation[,]/ [or] a

public seal legally authorized or recognized by any state,

government, or country);

2. The defendant knew that the seal [or impression of the seal] was

counterfeit;

3. The defendant willfully concealed the fact that the seal [or

impression of the seal] was counterfeit;

AND

4. When the defendant possessed the seal [or impression of the seal],

(he/she) intended to defraud.

Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on

purpose.

Someone intends to defraud if he or she intends to deceive another

person either to cause a loss of (money[,]/ [or] goods[,]/ [or] services[,]/

[or] something [else] of value), or to cause damage to, a legal, financial,

or property right.

[For the purpose of this instruction, a person includes (a governmental

agency/a corporation/a business/an association/the body politic).]

[It is not necessary that anyone actually be defrauded or actually suffer

a financial, legal, or property loss as a result of the defendant’s acts.]

[Two or more people may possess something at the same time.]

[A person does not have to actually hold or touch something to possess

it. It is enough if the person has (control over it/ [or] the right to control

it), either personally or through another person.]

[The People allege that the defendant possessed the following items:

<insert description of each seal or impression when multiple

items alleged>. Y ou may not find the defendant guilty unless you all

agree that the People have proved that the defendant possessed at least

one of these items and you all agree on which item (he/she) possessed.]

New January 2006