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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE

Oakland Municipal Code Ch. 9.04 Offenses Against Public Officers and Government

Oakland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Oakland

Cite as: Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 9.04 · Text as of 2026-10-19

9.04.010 - Penalty for false statements on mortgage loan applications.

It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisonment not to exceed six months, to make any false statement or certification on any mortgage loan application or other mortgage loan documentation submitted in connection with the city multilender mortgage purchase program.

(Prior code § 1-3.03)

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9.04.020 - Falsely representing to be an officer.

It is unlawful for any person in the city to falsely represent himself or herself to be, or to wear a badge of, any officer of either the Police or Fire Department of the city of Oakland, or the Sheriff's Office of the county of Alameda, or of any constable's office, with intent to deceive, or to use any sign, badge or device used by the Police Department or the Fire Department of the city of Oakland with such intent to deceive.

(Prior code § 3-4.07)

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9.04.030 - Gas and electric meters.

It is unlawful for any person in the city, with intent to injure or defraud, to have in his or her possession any machine, appliance, contrivance or device of any character used, designed or intended to be used to prevent a gas or electric meter from correctly registering gas or electricity passing through it, or to divert gas or electricity that should pass through it.

(Prior code § 3-8.01)

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9.04.040 - Altering and falsifying public records.

It is unlawful for any person to wilfully alter, falsify, deface, mutilate, destroy, secrete, or, without the consent of the officer having custody of the same, to remove the whole or any part of any book, map, paper, instrument, document or record filed, deposited or recorded in any public office or with any public office of the city.

(Prior code § 3-8.02)

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9.04.050 - Defacing notices.

It is unlawful for any person to wilfully alter, falsify, deface, mutilate, remove or destroy, without the consent of the city, any official public notice posted in any public place in the city by said city before the date of hearing as set forth in said notice.

(Prior code § 3-8.03)

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9.04.060 - False reports to law enforcement agencies.

It is unlawful for any person to report either orally or in writing to any officer or employee of any law enforcement agency of the city, county of Alameda, or state of California, that a felony or a misdemeanor has been committed, knowing such report to be false, or to give information to any officer or employee of any of said law enforcement agencies, either orally or in writing, concerning a felony or misdemeanor knowing such information to be false.

(Prior code § 3-8.05)

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9.04.070 - Defeating order of council.

It is unlawful for any person to resist, obstruct, defeat or attempt to defeat, the enforcement or execution of any lawful order of the Council of the city, or of any person lawfully acting under the authority of the said Council.

(Prior code § 3-11.01)

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9.04.080 - Obtaining personal data by unauthorized persons from CORPUS.

It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to wilfully and maliciously obtain personal data from the Criminal Oriented Records Production Unified System (CORPUS).

(Prior code § 3-11.06)

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