California · Education Code

EDC §87010: “Sex offense,” as used in Sections 87405, 88022, and 88123, means any one or more of the offenses listed below: (a) Any offense defined in Section 261.

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This statute defines 'sex offense' to include rape, child sexual abuse, indecent exposure, and related crimes under specified Penal Code sections, including attempts and out-of-state equivalents.

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“Sex offense,” as used in Sections 87405, 88022, and 88123, means any one or more of the offenses listed below: (a) Any offense defined in Section 261.5, 266, 267, 285, 286, 287, 288, or 647.6 of, or former Section 288a or 647a of, paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 261 of, paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 262 of, or subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 647 of, the Penal Code. (b) Any offense defined in former subdivision 5 of former Section 647 of the Penal Code repealed by Chapter 560 of the Statutes of 1961, or any offense defined in former subdivision 2 of former Section 311 of the Penal Code repealed by Chapter 2147 of the Statutes of 1961, if the offense defined in those sections was committed prior to September 15, 1961, to the same extent that such an offense committed prior to that date was a sex offense for the purposes of this section prior to September 15, 1961. (c) Any offense defined in Section 314 of the Penal Code committed on or after September 15, 1961. (d) Any offense defined in former subdivision 1 of former Section 311 of the Penal Code repealed by Chapter 2147 of the Statutes of 1961 committed on or after September 7, 1955, and prior to September 15, 1961. (e) Any offense involving lewd and lascivious conduct under Section 272 of the Penal Code committed on or after September 15, 1961. (f) Any offense involving lewd and lascivious conduct under former Section 702 of the Welfare and Institutions Code repealed by Chapter 1616 of the Statutes of 1961, if the offense was committed prior to September 15, 1961, to the same extent that such an offense committed prior to that date was a sex offense for the purposes of this section prior to September 15, 1961. (g) Any offense defined in Section 286 or former Section 288a of the Penal Code prior to the effective date of the amendment of either section enacted at the 1975–76 Regular Session of the Legislature committed prior to the effective date of the amendment. (h) Any attempt to commit any of the above-mentioned offenses. (i) Any offense committed or attempted in any other state that, if committed or attempted in this state, would have been punishable as one or more of the above-mentioned offenses.

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