California · Penal Code

PEN §381d: (a) A person who dispenses or distributes nitrous oxide to a person, and knows or should know that the person is going to use the nitrous oxide in violation of Section 381b, and that person proximatel

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who distributes nitrous oxide knowing it will be used illegally, and that use proximately causes great bodily injury or death, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months jail and/or $1,000 fine.

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(a) A person who dispenses or distributes nitrous oxide to a person, and knows or should know that the person is going to use the nitrous oxide in violation of Section 381b, and that person proximately causes great bodily injury or death to himself, herself, or another person, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail, not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. (b) This section shall not preclude prosecution under any other law.

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