California

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• § 28490 — The department may adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2, and
• § 285 — Persons being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void, who intermarry with each other, or who being 14 years of age or older, commit fo
• § 286 — (a) Sodomy is sexual conduct consisting of contact between the penis of one person and the anus of another person.
• § 286.5 — (a) Every person who has sexual contact with an animal is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 287 — (a) Oral copulation is the act of copulating the mouth of one person with the sexual organ or anus of another person.
• § 288 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (i), a person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1, upon or wit
• § 288.1 — Any person convicted of committing any lewd or lascivious act including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1 of this code upon or with the body, or any part or member there
• § 288.2 — (a) (1) Every person who knows, should have known, or believes that another person is a minor, and who knowingly distributes, sends, causes to be sent, exhibits, or offers to distribute or exhibit by
• § 288.3 — (a) Every person who contacts or communicates with a minor, or attempts to contact or communicate with a minor, who knows or reasonably should know that the person is a minor, with intent to commit an
• § 288.4 — (a) (1) Every person who, motivated by an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in children, arranges a meeting with a minor or a person he or she believes to be a minor for the purpose of exposing hi
• § 288.5 — (a) Any person who either resides in the same home with the minor child or has recurring access to the child, who over a period of time, not less than three months in duration, engages in three or mor
• § 288.7 — (a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the st
• § 2880 — To the extent and insofar as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the acts of Congress, all goods, wares, and merchandise manufactured, produced,
• § 2881 — No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation within this State shall sell or offer, trade, consign, keep, expose or display for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, assembled
• § 2882 — It is hereby specifically provided that any article of prison-made goods, wares or merchandise, as described in the preceding section, may be labeled by the attachment of a label not smaller than four
• § 2883 — The size and type of such stenciling or label must be consistent with the size and character of the merchandise to which such stenciling or label applies.
• § 2884 — No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation within this state shall sell or offer, trade, consign, keep, expose, or display for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, assemble
• § 2885 — No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within this State shall sell or offer, trade, consign, keep, expose or display for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, assemble
• § 2886 — Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation within this State, when advertising in any periodical or publication any goods, wares or merchandise made in whole or in part by prisoners in
• § 2887 — Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less
• § 2888 — The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures or any deputy or inspector authorized by him, shall have access to any premises or any records held by any person, firm, partnership, association or co
• § 2889 — The enforcement of the provisions of this article shall be under the supervision of the State Superintendent of Weights and Measures.
• § 289 — (a) (1) (A) Any person who commits an act of sexual penetration when the act is accomplished against the victim’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bo
• § 289.5 — (a) Every person who flees to this state with the intent to avoid prosecution for an offense which, if committed or attempted in this state, would have been punishable as one or more of the offenses d
• § 289.6 — (a) (1) An employee or officer of a public entity health facility, or an employee, officer, or agent of a private person or entity that provides a health facility or staff for a health facility under
• § 2890 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured in any penitentiary or prison of this State.
• § 2891 — No person or corporation may sell, expose for sale or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part by prisoners (except prisoners on parole or proba
• § 29 — In the guilt phase of a criminal action, any expert testifying about a defendant’s mental illness, mental disorder, or mental defect shall not testify as to whether the defendant had or did not have t
• § 29.2 — (a) The intent or intention is manifested by the circumstances connected with the offense.
• § 29.4 — (a) No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication is less criminal by reason of his or her having been in that condition.
• § 29.8 — In any criminal proceeding in which a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity is entered, this defense shall not be found by the trier of fact solely on the basis of a personality or adjustment disor
• § 290 — (a) Sections 290 to 290.
• § 290.001 — Every person who has ever been adjudicated a sexually violent predator, as defined in Section 6600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall register in accordance with the Act.
• § 290.002 — Persons required to register in their state of residence who are out-of-state residents employed, or carrying on a vocation in California on a full-time or part-time basis, with or without compensatio
• § 290.003 — Any person who, since July 1, 1944, has been or hereafter is released, discharged, or paroled from a penal institution where he or she was confined because of the commission or attempted commission of
• § 290.004 — Any person who, since July 1, 1944, has been or hereafter is determined to be a mentally disordered sex offender under Article 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 6 of
• § 290.005 — The following persons shall register in accordance with the Act: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d), any person who, since July 1, 1944, has been, or is hereafter convicted in any other
• § 290.006 — (a) Any person ordered by any court to register pursuant to the act, who is not required to register pursuant to Section 290, shall so register, if the court finds at the time of conviction or sentenc
• § 290.007 — A person required to register pursuant to any provision of the Act shall register in accordance with the Act, regardless of whether the person’s conviction has been dismissed pursuant to Section 1203.
• § 290.008 — (a) Any person who, on or after January 1, 1986, is discharged or paroled from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to the custody of which they were committed after having been adjudicate
• § 290.009 — Any person required to register under the Act who is enrolled as a student or is an employee or carries on a vocation, with or without compensation, at an institution of higher learning in this state,
• § 290.01 — (a) (1) Commencing October 28, 2002, every person required to register pursuant to Sections 290 to 290.
• § 290.010 — If the person who is registering has more than one residence address at which he or she regularly resides, he or she shall register in accordance with the Act in each of the jurisdictions in which he
• § 290.011 — Every person who is required to register pursuant to the act who is living as a transient shall be required to register for the rest of his or her life as follows: (a) He or she shall register, or rer
• § 290.012 — (a) Beginning on his or her first birthday following registration or change of address, the person shall be required to register annually, within five working days of his or her birthday, to update hi
• § 290.013 — (a) A person who was last registered at a residence address pursuant to the Act who changes his or her residence address, whether within the jurisdiction in which he or she is currently registered or
• § 290.014 — (a) If any person who is required to register pursuant to the Act changes his or her name, the person shall inform, in person, the law enforcement agency or agencies with which he or she is currently
• § 290.015 — (a) A person who is subject to the Act shall register, or reregister if he or she has previously registered, upon release from incarceration, placement, commitment, or release on probation pursuant to
• § 290.016 — (a) On or after January 1, 1998, upon incarceration, placement, or commitment, or prior to release on probation, any person who is required to register under the Act shall preregister.
• § 290.017 — (a) Any person who is released, discharged, or paroled from a jail, state or federal prison, school, road camp, or other institution where he or she was confined, who is required to register pursuant
• § 290.018 — (a) A person who is required to register under the Act based on a misdemeanor conviction or juvenile adjudication who willfully violates any requirement of the act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishabl
• § 290.019 — (a) Notwithstanding any other section in the Act, a person who was convicted before January 1, 1976, under subdivision (a) of Section 286, or former Section 288a, shall not be required to register pur
• § 290.02 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Justice shall identify the names of persons required to register pursuant to Section 290 from a list of persons provided by the requesting agency,
• § 290.020 — In any case in which a person who would be required to register pursuant to the Act for a felony conviction is to be temporarily sent outside the institution where he or she is confined on any assignm
• § 290.021 — Except as otherwise provided by law, the statements, photographs, and fingerprints required by the Act shall not be open to inspection by the public or by any person other than a regularly employed pe
• § 290.022 — On or before July 1, 2010, the Department of Justice shall renovate the VCIN to do the following: (1) Correct all software deficiencies affecting data integrity and include designated data fields for
• § 290.023 — The registration provisions of the Act are applicable to every person described in the Act, without regard to when his or her crime or crimes were committed or his or her duty to register pursuant to
• § 290.024 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) A person who is convicted of a felony on or after January 1, 2017, requiring registration pursuant to the Act, shall register his or her Internet identifiers if a cou
• § 290.03 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a comprehensive system of risk assessment, supervision, monitoring and containment for registered sex offenders residing in California communities is necess
• § 290.04 — (a) (1) The sex offender risk assessment tools authorized by this section for use with selected populations shall be known, with respect to each population, as the State-Authorized Risk Assessment Too
• § 290.05 — (a) The SARATSO Training Committee shall be comprised of a representative of the State Department of State Hospitals, a representative of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a representa
• § 290.06 — The static SARATSO, as set forth in Section 290.
• § 290.07 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person authorized by statute to administer the State Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO) and trained pursuant to Section 290.
• § 290.08 — Every district attorney’s office and the Department of Justice shall retain records relating to a person convicted of an offense for which registration is required pursuant to Section 290 for a period
• § 290.09 — On or before July 2012, the SARATSO dynamic tool and the SARATSO future violence tool, as set forth in Section 290.
• § 290.3 — (a) Every person who is convicted of any offense specified in subdivision (c) of Section 290 shall, in addition to any imprisonment or fine, or both, imposed for commission of the underlying offense,
• § 290.4 — (a) The department shall operate a service through which members of the public may provide a list of at least six persons on a form approved by the Department of Justice and inquire whether any of tho
• § 290.45 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), any designated law enforcement entity may provide information to the public about a person required to register as a sex
• § 290.46 — (a) (1) On or before the dates specified in this section, the Department of Justice shall make available information concerning persons who are required to register pursuant to Section 290 to the publ
• § 290.47 — The Department of Justice shall record the address at which a registered sex offender resides with a unique identifier for the address.
• § 290.5 — (a) (1) A person who is required to register pursuant to Section 290 and who is a tier one or tier two offender may file a petition in the superior court in the county in which the person is registere
• § 290.6 — (a) Fifteen days before the scheduled release date of a person described in subdivision (b), the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide to local law enforcement all of the followin
• § 290.7 — The Department of Corrections shall provide samples of blood and saliva taken from a prison inmate pursuant to the DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998 (Chapter 6 (comme
• § 290.8 — Effective January 1, 1999, any local law enforcement agency that does not register sex offenders during regular daytime business hours on a daily basis, excluding weekends and holidays, shall notify t
• § 290.85 — (a) Every person released on probation or parole who is required to register as a sex offender, pursuant to Section 290, shall provide proof of registration to his or her probation officer or parole a
• § 290.9 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state or local governmental agency shall, upon written request, provide to the Department of Justice the address of any person represented by the depart
• § 290.95 — (a) Every person required to register under Section 290, who applies for or accepts a position as an employee or volunteer with any person, group, or organization where the registrant would be working
• § 2900 — (a) The term of imprisonment fixed by the judgment in a criminal action commences to run only upon the actual delivery of the defendant into the custody of the Director of Corrections at the place des
• § 2900.1 — Where a defendant has served any portion of his sentence under a commitment based upon a judgment which judgment is subsequently declared invalid or which is modified during the term of imprisonment,
• § 2900.5 — (a) In all felony and misdemeanor convictions, either by plea or by verdict, when the defendant has been in custody, including, but not limited to, any time spent in a jail, camp, work furlough facili
• § 2901 — It is hereby made the duty of the wardens of the State prisons to receive persons sentenced to imprisonment in a State prison, and such persons shall be imprisoned until duly released according to law
• § 29010 — (a) A person shall not manufacture more than three firearms within this state in a calendar year unless that person is licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 29030).
• § 2902 — All criminals sentenced to prison by the authority of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States, may be received by the Director of Corrections and imprisoned in California s
• § 2903 — (a) In any case in which a woman offender can be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or be required to serve a term of imprisonment therein as a condition of probation, or has already been s
• § 29030 — In this chapter, “licensee” means a person, firm, or corporation that satisfies both of the following: (a) Has a license issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 29050.
• § 2905 — (a) For purposes of this section, a “youth offender” is an individual committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who is under 22 years of age.
• § 29050 — (a) The Department of Justice shall accept applications for, and shall grant licenses permitting, the manufacture of firearms within this state.
• § 29055 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations to administer this chapter and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29010).
• § 29060 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 20965, the Department of Justice shall maintain a centralized list of all persons licensed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Sectio
• § 29065 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the license of any licensee who violates this chapter may be revoked.
• § 29070 — (a) The department shall make information concerning the location and name of a licensee available, upon request, for the following purposes only: (1) Law enforcement.
• § 29075 — The Department of Justice shall maintain and make available upon request information concerning all of the following: (a) The number of inspections conducted and the amount of fees collected pursuant
• § 291 — Every sheriff, chief of police, or the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, upon the arrest for any of the offenses enumerated in Section 290, subdivision (a) of Section 261, or Section 4401
• § 291.1 — Every sheriff or chief of police, or Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, upon the arrest for any of the offenses enumerated in Section 290 or Section 44010 of the Education Code, of any per
• § 291.5 — Every sheriff or chief of police, upon the arrest for any of the offenses enumerated in Section 290 or in subdivision (1) of Section 261 of any teacher or instructor employed in any community college
• § 2910 — (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may enter into an agreement with a city, county, or city and county to permit transfer of prisoners in the custody of the secretar
• § 2910.5 — (a) Pursuant to Section 2910, the Director of Corrections may enter into a long-term agreement not to exceed 20 years with a city, county, or city and county to place parole violators and other state
• § 2910.6 — The Director of Corrections may enter into an agreement consistent with applicable law for a city, county, or city and county to construct and operate community corrections programs, restitution cente
• § 29100 — A licensee shall comply with the prohibitions and requirements described in this article.
• § 29105 — The business of a licensee shall be conducted only in the buildings designated in the license.
• § 2911 — (a) The Director of Corrections may enter into contracts, with the approval of the Director of General Services, with appropriate officials or agencies of the United States for the confinement, care,
• § 29110 — A licensee shall display the license or a copy thereof, certified by the department, on the premises where it can easily be seen.
• § 29115 — (a) Whenever a licensee discovers that a firearm has been stolen or is missing from the licensee’s premises, the licensee shall report the loss or theft within 48 hours of the discovery to all of the
• § 2912 — (a) Under its Foreign Prisoner Transfer Program, the Board of Prison Terms shall devise a method of notifying each foreign born inmate in a prison or reception center operated by the Department of Cor
• § 29120 — (a) A licensee shall require that each employee obtain a certificate of eligibility pursuant to Section 26710, which shall be renewed annually, before being allowed to come into contact with any firea
• § 29125 — (a) Each firearm a licensee manufactures in this state shall be identified with a unique serial number stamped onto the firearm utilizing the method of compression stamping.
• § 2913 — A city shall give notice to, and consult with, the county prior to contracting with the state pursuant to Section 2910 of this code or Section 1753.
• § 29130 — (a) A licensee shall record the type, model, caliber, or gauge, and serial number of each firearm manufactured or acquired, and the date of the manufacture or acquisition, within one business day of t
• § 29135 — (a) A licensee shall allow the department to inspect the building designated in the license to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
• § 29140 — A licensee shall store in a secure facility all firearms manufactured and all barrels for firearms manufactured.
• § 29141 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 29142, as used in this chapter, “secure facility” means that the facility satisfies all of the following: (a) The facility is equipped with a burglar alarm with
• § 29142 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, any licensed manufacturer who produces fewer than 500 firearms in a calendar year within this state may maintain a “secure facility” by complying with all of the requ
• § 29150 — (a) A licensee shall notify the chief of police or other head of the municipal police department in the city or city and county where the building designated in the license is located that the license
• § 29180 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing” or “assembling” a firearm means to fabricate or construct a firearm, including through additive, subtractive, or other processes, or to fit together t
• § 29182 — (a) The Department of Justice may accept applications from, and may grant applications in the form of serial numbers pursuant to Sections 23910 and 29180 to, persons who wish to own a firearm or firea
• § 29183 — The Department of Justice may charge an applicant a fee for each distinguishing number or mark it issues in an amount sufficient to reimburse it for the actual costs associated with assigning a distin
• § 29184 — The Department of Justice shall maintain and make available upon request information concerning both of the following: (a) The number of serial numbers issued pursuant to Section 29182.
• § 29185 — (a) No person, other than a state-licensed firearms manufacturer, shall use a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine or three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm.
• § 29186 — (a) It is unlawful to knowingly or willfully cause another person to engage in the unlawful manufacture of firearms, or to knowingly or willfully aid, abet, promote, or facilitate the unlawful manufac
• § 292 — It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this section to clarify that for the purposes of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 12 of Article I of the California Constitution, a violation of p
• § 293 — (a) An employee of a law enforcement agency who personally receives a report from a person, alleging that the person making the report has been the victim of a sex offense, shall inform that person th
• § 293.5 — (a) Except as provided in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1054) of Part 2 of Title 7, or for cases in which the alleged victim of a sex offense, as specified in subdivision (f) of Section 293, has
• § 2930 — (a) The Department of Corrections shall inform every prisoner sentenced under Section 1170, for a crime committed prior to January 1, 1983, not later than 14 days after reception in prison, of all app
• § 29300 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a firearm of any nature owned or possessed in violation of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29610), Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 29800), or Chapter 3
• § 29305 — (a) The Department of Justice shall collect and report data on arrests made by law enforcement agencies for offenses related to firearms without a valid state or federal serial number.
• § 2931 — (a) In any case in which a prisoner was sentenced to the state prison pursuant to Section 1170, or if he committed a felony before July 1, 1977, and he would have been sentenced under Section 1170 if
• § 2932 — (a) (1) For any time credit accumulated pursuant to Section 2931 or 2933, not more than 360 days of credit may be denied or lost for a single act of murder, attempted murder, solicitation of murder, m
• § 2932.5 — A prisoner who is found by a trial court to be a vexatious litigant as defined by Section 391 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall be denied or lose 30 days of work time credit awarded under Section
• § 2933 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that persons convicted of a crime and sentenced to the state prison under Section 1170 serve the entire sentence imposed by the court, except for a reduction in
• § 2933.05 — (a) In addition to any credit awarded pursuant to Section 2933, the department may also award a prisoner program credit reductions from his or her term of confinement as provided in this section.
• § 2933.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person who is convicted of a felony offense listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.
• § 2933.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 2933.
• § 2933.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any inmate assigned to a conservation camp by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who is eligible to earn one day of credit for every one day of incarc
• § 2933.5 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is convicted of any felony offense listed in paragraph (2), and who previously has been convicted two or more times, on charges separately brought a
• § 2933.6 — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, no later than July 1, 2017, establish regulations to allow specified inmates placed in segregation housing to earn credits pursuant to Section 2
• § 2933.7 — In order to foster greater participation in rehabilitative programming and to reduce interruptions in incarcerated people’s growth, self-exploration, improvement and skill building, the Department of
• § 2934 — Under rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a prisoner subject to the provisions of Section 2931 may waive the right to receive time credits as provide
• § 2935 — Under the guidelines prescribed by the rules and regulations of the director, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may grant up to 12 additional months of reduction of the
• § 2936 — (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall submit a report to the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature and the Legislative Analyst’s Office whenever the department
• § 294 — (a) Upon conviction of any person for a violation of Section 273a, 273d, 288.
• § 2947 — Any person who knowingly and willfully communicates to another, either orally or in writing, any statement concerning any person then or theretofore convicted of a felony, and then finally discharged,
• § 295 — (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Act of 1998, as amended.
• § 295.1 — (a) The Department of Justice shall perform DNA analysis and other forensic identification analysis pursuant to this chapter only for identification purposes.
• § 295.2 — The DNA and forensic identification database and databank and the Department of Justice DNA Laboratory shall not be used as a source of genetic material for testing, research, or experiments, by any p
• § 29500 — Any person who is at least 21 years of age may apply for an entertainment firearms permit from the Department of Justice.
• § 29505 — (a) Requests for entertainment firearms permits shall be made on application forms prescribed by the Department of Justice that require applicant information, including, but not limited to, the follow
• § 29510 — (a) The Department of Justice shall recover the full costs of administering the entertainment firearms permit program by assessing the following application fees: (1) For the initial application: one
• § 29515 — (a) Upon receipt of an initial or renewal application submitted as specified in Sections 29505, 29520, and 29525, the department shall examine its records, records the department is authorized to requ
• § 29520 — (a) An initial application for an entertainment firearms permit shall require the submission of fingerprint images and related information in a manner prescribed by the department, for the purpose of
• § 29525 — Any person who furnishes a fictitious name or address or knowingly furnishes any incorrect information or knowingly omits any information required to be provided on an application for an entertainment
• § 29530 — (a) An entertainment firearms permit issued by the Department of Justice shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.
• § 29535 — The implementation of Sections 29500, 29505, 29515, 29520, and 29525, and of subdivision (a) of Section 29510, by the department is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 296 — (a) The following persons shall provide buccal swab samples, right thumbprints, and a full palm print impression of each hand, and any blood specimens or other biological samples required pursuant to
• § 296.1 — (a) The specimens, samples, and print impressions required by this chapter shall be collected from persons described in subdivision (a) of Section 296 for present and past qualifying offenses of recor
• § 296.2 — (a) Whenever the DNA Laboratory of the Department of Justice notifies the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or any law enforcement agency that a biological specimen or sample, or print impr
• § 2960 — (a) The Legislature finds that there are prisoners who have a treatable, severe mental health disorder that was one of the causes of, or was an aggravating factor in, the commission of the crime for w
• § 29610 — (a) A minor shall not possess a handgun.
• § 29615 — Section 29610 shall not apply if one of the following circumstances exists: (a) The minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and the minor is actively engaged in, or is in direct transit to
• § 2962 — As a condition of parole, a prisoner who meets the following criteria shall be provided necessary treatment by the State Department of State Hospitals as follows: (a) (1) The prisoner has a severe men
• § 2963 — (a) Upon a showing of good cause, the Board of Parole Hearings may order that a person remain in custody for no more than 45 days beyond the person’s scheduled release date for full evaluation pursuan
• § 2964 — (a) The treatment required by Section 2962 shall be inpatient unless the State Department of State Hospitals certifies to the Board of Parole Hearings that there is reasonable cause to believe the par
• § 29650 — A minor shall not possess live ammunition.
• § 29655 — Section 29650 shall not apply if one of the following circumstances exists: (a) The minor has the written consent of a parent or legal guardian to possess live ammunition.
• § 2966 — (a) A prisoner may request a hearing before the Board of Parole Hearings, and the board shall conduct a hearing if so requested, for the purpose of proving that the prisoner meets the criteria in Sect
• § 2968 — If the prisoner’s severe mental health disorder is put into remission during the parole period, and can be kept in remission, the Director of State Hospitals shall notify the Board of Parole Hearings
• § 297 — (a) Subject to the limitations in paragraph (3) of this subdivision, only the following laboratories are authorized to analyze crime scene samples and other forensic identification samples of known an
• § 2970 — (a) Not later than 180 days prior to the termination of parole, or release from prison if the prisoner refused to agree to treatment as a condition of parole as required by Section 2962, unless good c
• § 29700 — Every minor who violates this chapter shall be punished as follows: (a) By imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or in a county jail if one of the following applies: (1) The minor h
• § 29705 — In a proceeding to enforce this chapter brought pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 601) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the court may require th
• § 2972 — (a) (1) The court shall conduct a hearing on the petition under Section 2970 for continued treatment.
• § 2972.1 — (a) Outpatient status for persons committed pursuant to Section 2972 shall be for a period not to exceed one year.
• § 2974 — Before releasing any inmate or terminating supervision of any parolee who is a danger to self or others, or gravely disabled as a result of a mental health disorder, and who does not come within the p
• § 29750 — (a) In enacting the amendments to former Sections 12078 and 12101 by Section 10 of Chapter 33 of the Statutes of 1994, First Extraordinary Session, it was not the intent of the Legislature to expand o
• § 2976 — (a) The cost of inpatient or outpatient treatment under Section 2962 or 2972 shall be a state expense while the person is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or
• § 2977 — A person committed to the care of the State Department of State Hospitals because he or she is a mentally disordered offender, including a person who is found not guilty by reason of insanity, is elig
• § 2978 — (a) Any independent professionals appointed by the Board of Parole Hearings for purposes of this article shall not be state government employees.
• § 298 — (a) (1) (A) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the Chief Administrative Officer of the detention facility, jail, or other facility at which the blood specimens, bucc
• § 298.1 — (a) On and after January 1, 1999, any person who refuses to give any or all of the following, blood specimens, saliva samples, or thumb or palm print impressions as required by this chapter, once he o
• § 298.2 — (a) Any person who is required to submit a specimen sample or print impression pursuant to this chapter who engages or attempts to engage in any of the following acts is guilty of a felony punishable
• § 298.3 — (a) To ensure expeditious and economical processing of offender specimens and samples for inclusion in the FBI’s CODIS System and the state’s DNA Database and Data Bank Program, the Department of Just
• § 2980 — This article applies to persons who committed their crimes on and after January 1, 1986.
• § 29800 — (a) (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the State of California, or any other state, government, or country, or of an offense enumerated in subdivisi
• § 29805 — (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 29855, subdivision (a) of Section 29800, or subdivision (b), any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 71, 76, 136.
• § 2981 — For the purpose of proving the fact that a prisoner has received 90 days or more of treatment within the year prior to the prisoner’s parole or release, the records or copies of records of any state p
• § 29810 — (a) (1) Upon conviction of, or adjudication for, any offense that renders a person subject to Section 29800, 29805, 29815, 29820, or 29825, the person shall relinquish all firearms they own, possess,
• § 29813 — The Department of Justice shall provide local law enforcement agencies and the district attorney access through an electronic portal to information regarding individuals residing in their jurisdiction
• § 29815 — (a) Any person who, as an express condition of probation, is prohibited or restricted from owning, possessing, controlling, receiving, or purchasing a firearm and who owns, purchases, receives, or has
• § 29820 — (a) This section applies to a person who satisfies both of the following requirements: (1) The person meets one of the following: (A) The person is alleged to have committed an offense listed in subdi
• § 29825 — (a) A person who purchases or receives, or attempts to purchase or receive, a firearm knowing that the person is prohibited from doing so in any jurisdiction by a temporary restraining order or injunc
• § 29825.5 — (a) A person subject to a protective order issued pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 273.
• § 29830 — (a) A person who is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm, ammunition feeding device, or ammunition pursuant to any law, may transfer or cause to be transferred, any firearm, ammunition feedi
• § 29850 — (a) A violation of Section 29800, 29805, 29815, or 29820 is justifiable where all of the following conditions are met: (1) The person found the firearm or took the firearm from a person who was commit
• § 29855 — (a) Any person employed as a peace officer described in Section 830.
• § 29860 — (a) Any person who is subject to the prohibition imposed by Section 29805 because of a conviction of an offense prior to that offense being added to Section 29805 may petition the court only once for
• § 29865 — Law enforcement officials who enforce the prohibition specified in Section 29805 against a person who has been granted relief pursuant to Section 29855 or 29860 shall be immune from any liability for
• § 29875 — Subject to available funding, the Attorney General, working with the Judicial Council, the California Alliance Against Domestic Violence, prosecutors, and law enforcement, probation, and parole office
• § 29880 — (a) If the Department of Justice determines that a person prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, or possessing a firearm by this chapter, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 29900), or Section
• § 299 — (a) A person whose DNA profile has been included in the databank pursuant to this chapter shall have his or her DNA specimen and sample destroyed and searchable database profile expunged from the data