Identity theft.

Existing law makes it a public offense for a person to acquire or retain possession of, or sell, transfer, or convey, the personal identifying information, as defined, of another person with the intent to defraud. Existing law makes these offenses punishable as misdemeanors or felonies, as specified. Existing law also makes it a felony to sell, transfer, or convey the personal identifying information of a specific person with the actual knowledge that it will be used for an unlawful purpose, as specified. Existing law requires court records, in the case of a person who willfully obtains personal identifying information of another person, uses that information to commit a crime, and is convicted, as specified, to reflect that the person whose identity was falsely used to commit the crime did not commit the crime. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to one of these provisions.