California · Penal Code

PEN §76.5: (a) No person shall knowingly post the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official, or of the official’s residing spouse or child, on the internet knowing that person is an e

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What this law says, in plain English

Posting an elected or appointed official's home address or phone number online with intent to cause imminent great bodily harm is a misdemeanor. If bodily injury results, it becomes a misdemeanor or felony.

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(a) No person shall knowingly post the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official, or of the official’s residing spouse or child, on the internet knowing that person is an elected or appointed official and intending to cause imminent great bodily harm that is likely to occur or threatening to cause imminent great bodily harm to that individual. (b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (c) A violation of this section that leads to the bodily injury of the official, or the official’s residing spouse or child, is a misdemeanor or a felony. (d) “Elected or appointed official” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 7920.500 of the Government Code.

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