California

Penal Code

5,800 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 6127.4 — (a) The superior court in the county in which any interview is held under the direction of the Inspector General, or his or her designee, pursuant to duties authorized by this chapter has jurisdiction
• § 6128 — (a) The Office of the Inspector General may receive communications from any individual, including those employed by any department, board, or authority who believes he or she may have information that
• § 6129 — (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “employee” means any person employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
• § 6130 — (a) (1) The Office of the Inspector General shall post the Centralized List of Disapproved Publications maintained by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on its internet website.
• § 6132 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 6133 — (a) (1) The Office of the Inspector General shall be responsible for contemporaneous public oversight of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation investigations and staff grievance inquiries c
• § 615 — Every person who willfully injures, defaces, or removes any signal, monument, building, or appurtenance thereto, placed, erected, or used by persons engaged in the United States Coast Survey, is guilt
• § 616 — Every person who intentionally defaces, obliterates, tears down, or destroys any copy or transcript, or extract from or of any law of the United States or of this State, or any proclamation, advertise
• § 617 — Every person who maliciously mutilates, tears, defaces, obliterates, or destroys any written instrument, the property of another, the false making of which would be forgery, is punishable by imprisonm
• § 618 — Every person who willfully opens or reads, or causes to be read, any sealed letter not addressed to himself, without being authorized so to do, either by the writer of such letter or by the person to
• § 620 — Every person who willfully alters the purport, effect, or meaning of a telegraphic or telephonic message to the injury of another, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section
• § 6200 — There are hereby established, under the jurisdiction of the Director of Corrections, the Sierra Conservation Center, the North Coast Conservation Center and the Southern Conservation Center, hereafter
• § 6201 — The primary purpose of the conservation centers shall be the receiving, employment, care, custody and education of inmates in the custody of the Director of Corrections assigned thereto.
• § 6202 — (a) Work of inmates assigned to the conservation centers may be performed at the conservation centers or branches thereof or in or from permanent, temporary, and mobile camps established pursuant to t
• § 6203 — The Director of Corrections shall, in accordance with law, construct and provide equipment for suitable buildings, structures, and facilities for the conservation centers, branches thereof, and perman
• § 6204 — The Director of Corrections shall make rules and regulations for the government of the conservation centers in the management of their affairs.
• § 6205 — Each conservation center shall be headed by a warden, appointed pursuant to Section 6050, and the Director of Corrections shall appoint, subject to civil service, other officers and employees as may b
• § 6206 — The supervision, management, and control of the conservation centers and the responsibility for the care, custody, treatment, training, discipline, and employment of persons confined therein or in bra
• § 6207 — The provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 2000), insofar as applicable, apply to the conservation centers and branches thereof and any permanent, temporary, and mobile camps operating therefro
• § 6208 — Any persons under the custody of the Director of Corrections may be transferred to the conservation centers in accordance with law.
• § 621 — (a) Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any law enforcement memorial or firefighter’s memorial is guilty of a crime pu
• § 622 — Every person, not the owner thereof, who willfully injures, disfigures, or destroys any monument, work of art, or useful or ornamental improvement within the limits of any village, town, or city, or a
• § 6220 — The Director of Corrections may establish and operate facilities to be known as restitution centers.
• § 6221 — The purpose of restitution centers is to provide a means for those sentenced to prison to be able to pay their victims’ financial restitution, which includes direct restitution to victims as well as o
• § 622½ — Every person, not the owner thereof, who wilfully injures, disfigures, defaces, or destroys any object or thing of archeological or historical interest or value, whether situated on private lands or w
• § 6222 — The location for a restitution center or centers shall be determined by the Director of Corrections with approval from the county board of supervisors or city council in whose jurisdiction the center
• § 6223 — Restitution centers shall be located in areas which will maximize the employment opportunities of persons sentenced to the centers.
• § 6224 — The supervision, management, and control of the restitution centers and the responsibility for the care, custody, discipline, and employment of persons confined therein are vested in the Director of C
• § 6224.5 — The Director of Corrections may commingle inmates who have been assigned to a restitution center pursuant to Section 6227 with inmates who are in transit for community correctional reentry center plac
• § 6225 — Supervision of inmates in the restitution centers may be by contract with private nonprofit or profit corporations, or by peace officer personnel of the Department of Corrections on a 24-hour basis.
• § 6226 — The Director of Corrections in establishing a restitution center shall enter into an agreement with the county, city, or city and county in which the facility is located to reimburse the county, city,
• § 6227 — The court may order the Department of Corrections to place an eligible defendant in a restitution center if the court makes a restitution order, or if a restitution agreement is entered into by the vi
• § 6227.5 — The Judicial Council shall provide information to sentencing courts to ensure that the judges responsible for sentencing are aware of the existence of the restitution center.
• § 6228 — A defendant is eligible for placement in a restitution center if the defendant does not have a criminal history of a conviction for the sale of drugs within the last five years, or for an offense requ
• § 6229 — In each county, city, or city and county, in which a restitution center is established, there shall be a restitution center community advisory board to assist the Director of Corrections in establishi
• § 623 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 599c, any person who, without the prior written permission of the owner of a cave, intentionally and knowingly does any of the following acts is guilty of a
• § 6230 — (a) Offenders shall perform all the labor necessary to maintain the restitution center and meet the offenders’ needs unless the director finds that a particular task can be better performed by other p
• § 6231 — (a) Wages earned by an offender, less any deductions for taxes, shall be paid directly to the Department of Corrections.
• § 6233 — (a) An offender shall not leave a restitution center except to go to work or when specifically authorized and shall return to the restitution center immediately after work or when required by the pers
• § 6234 — (a) The offender shall not be allowed to take employment if the rate of pay or other conditions of employment are less than those paid or provided for work of a similar nature in the locality in which
• § 6235 — The Department of Corrections shall, pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 6236 — This chapter shall be known as “Restitution Centers.
• § 624 — Every person who wilfully breaks, digs up, obstructs, or injures any pipe or main for conducting water, or any works erected for supplying buildings with water, or any appurtenances or appendages conn
• § 6240 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The number of people in state prisons whose primary commitment offense was for drug law violations represents approximately 24 percent of the inma
• § 6240.5 — This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Substance Abuse Community Correctional Treatment Act.
• § 6240.6 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the Board of Corrections.
• § 6241 — (a) The Substance Abuse Community Correctional Detention Centers Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury.
• § 6241.5 — Because of the difficulties of finding locations for programs described in this chapter, the state shall assist in making state-owned lands available to counties for purposes of this chapter, so long
• § 6242 — (a) The county shall assume full responsibility to administer and operate the center and program consistent with the criteria set forth in this chapter and those established by the board.
• § 6242.5 — (a) The board shall establish minimum standards, including security requirements, for the construction of facilities pursuant to this chapter.
• § 6242.6 — (a) The board shall provide evaluation of the progress, activities, and performance of each center and participating county’s progress established pursuant to this chapter and shall report the finding
• § 6243 — Primary offender groups to be dealt with in the programs established by this chapter shall be probation or parole violators who would otherwise be returned to jail or prison.
• § 6245 — In submitting a proposal, a county’s plan shall include at least all of the following elements that meet standards established by the board in its request for proposal, and demonstrate that its progra
• § 6246 — Each recipient county shall set up a program oversight committee, under rules and guidelines the Board of Corrections formulates, which shall include representatives from the following groups: (a) Par
• § 625 — Every person who, with intent to defraud or injure, opens or causes to be opened, or draws water from any stopcock or faucet by which the flow of water is controlled, after having been notified that t
• § 6250 — (a) The Director of Corrections may establish and operate facilities to be known as community correctional centers.
• § 6250.5 — (a) The Director of Corrections may contract for the establishment and operation of community correctional facilities that offer programs for the treatment of addiction to alcohol or controlled substa
• § 6251 — The primary purpose of such facilities is to provide housing, supervision, counseling, and other correctional programs for persons committed to the Department of Corrections.
• § 6252 — The Director of Corrections shall make rules and regulations for the government of the community correctional centers in the management of their affairs.
• § 6253 — (a) The Director of Corrections may transfer inmates whose terms of imprisonment have been fixed from the state prisons and facilities of the Department of Corrections to community correctional center
• § 6254 — The Director of Corrections may grant furloughs to residents of community correctional centers for the purpose of employment, education, including vocational training, or arranging a suitable employme
• § 6255 — The provisions of Title 5 (commencing with Section 4500) of Part 3 shall apply to all persons placed in a community correctional center by the Director of Corrections except that those persons who are
• § 6256 — The Director of Corrections may enter into contracts, with the approval of the Director of General Services, with appropriate public or private agencies, to provide housing, sustenance, and supervisio
• § 6258 — (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may contract for the establishment and operation of separate community correctional reentry centers for men and women, provided th
• § 6258.1 — An inmate shall not be transferred to a community correctional reentry facility unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The inmate applies for a transfer to a community correctional reentr
• § 6259 — (a) For the purposes of acquiring the 2,000 community correctional facility beds and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procurement and performance of any contracts authorized pursuant to
• § 625b — (a) Every person who willfully injures or tampers with any aircraft or the contents or parts thereof, or removes any part of or from an aircraft without the consent of the owner, and every person who,
• § 625c — Any person who, with the intent to cause great bodily injury to another person, willfully removes, tampers with, injures or destroys any passenger transit vehicle or the contents or parts thereof, or
• § 626 — (a) As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “University” means the University of California, and includes any affiliated institution thereof and any campus or facility owned, ope
• § 626.10 — (a) (1) Any person, except a duly appointed peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 626.11 — (a) Any evidence seized by a teacher, official, employee, or governing board member of any university, state university, or community college, or by any person acting under his or her direction or wit
• § 626.2 — Every student or employee who, after a hearing or institutional process, has been suspended or dismissed from a community college, a state university, the university, an independent institution of hig
• § 626.4 — (a) The chief administrative officer of a campus or other facility of a community college, a state university, the university, an independent institution of higher education, or a school, or an office
• § 626.6 — (a) If a person who is not a student, officer, or employee of a college, or university, or an independent institution of higher education, and who is not required by their employment to be on the camp
• § 626.7 — (a) If a person who is not a student, officer, or employee of a public school, and who is not required by his or her employment to be on the campus or any other facility owned, operated, or controlled
• § 626.8 — (a) Any person who comes into any school building or upon any school ground, or street, sidewalk, or public way adjacent thereto, without lawful business thereon, and whose presence or acts interfere
• § 626.81 — (a) A person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290, who comes into any school building or upon any school ground without lawful business thereon and written permission
• § 626.85 — (a) Any specified drug offender who, at any time, comes into any school building or upon any school ground, or adjacent street, sidewalk, or public way, unless the person is a parent or guardian of a
• § 626.9 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1995.
• § 626.91 — Possession of ammunition on school grounds is governed by Section 30310.
• § 626.92 — Section 626.
• § 626.95 — (a) Any person who is in violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), or subdivision (b), of Section 417, or Section 25400 or 25850, upon the grounds of or within a playground, or a public or privat
• § 6260 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: that overcrowding in correctional institutions is not a desirable method of housing state inmates; that other methods of housing should be developed f
• § 6261 — (a) To the extent that public and private nonprofit and profit corporations have available beds and satisfy the criteria specified in this chapter, the Department of Corrections shall contract with th
• § 6262 — The Department of Corrections may contract with a public or private nonprofit or profit corporation meeting all the following conditions: (a) Availability of a work furlough facility in compliance wit
• § 6263 — (a) The Department of Corrections shall deny placement in a reentry work furlough program if it determines that an inmate would pose an unreasonable risk to the public, or if any one of the following
• § 6264 — The Department of Corrections shall review each inmate for work furlough consideration at least 120 days prior to his or her scheduled parole date.
• § 6265 — Any inmate violating the conditions of the work furlough prescribed by the Department of Corrections shall be subject to the disciplinary procedures identified in its classification manual.
• § 6267 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of the program authorized under this section is to address the special needs of inmates with regard to the provision of long-term care in sk
• § 627 — (a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) Violent crimes perpetrated on public school grounds interfere with the education of students and threaten the health and safety of teachers, other employee
• § 627.1 — As used in this chapter, with regard to a public school: (a) An “outsider” is any person other than: (1) A student of the school; except that a student who is currently suspended from the school shall
• § 627.10 — A person whose presence or conduct on school grounds violates another provision of law may be punished for that violation, regardless of whether he or she was registered pursuant to this chapter at th
• § 627.2 — No outsider shall enter or remain on school grounds during school hours without having registered with the principal or designee, except to proceed expeditiously to the office of the principal or desi
• § 627.3 — In order to register, an outsider shall upon request furnish the principal or designee with the following: (1) His or her name, address, and occupation.
• § 627.4 — (a) The principal or his or her designee may refuse to register an outsider if he or she has a reasonable basis for concluding that the outsider’s presence or acts would disrupt the school, its studen
• § 627.5 — Any person who is denied registration or whose registration is revoked may request a hearing before the principal or superintendent on the propriety of the denial or revocation.
• § 627.6 — At each entrance to the school grounds of every public school at which this chapter is in force, signs shall be posted specifying the hours during which registration is required pursuant to Section 62
• § 627.7 — (a) It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or by both, for an outsider to fail or refuse to
• § 627.8 — Every outsider who willfully and knowingly violates this chapter after having been previously convicted of a violation of this chapter committed within seven years of the date of two or more prior vio
• § 627.8a — The penalties imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be utilized to prevent, deter, and punish those committing crimes on school campuses.
• § 627.9 — The governing board of any school district may: (a) Exempt the district or any school or class of schools in the district from the operation of this chapter.
• § 628 — A person who provides a certificate, transcript, diploma, or other document, or otherwise affirms that a person has received instruction in massage therapy knowing that the person has not received ins
• § 628.5 — For any person that is criminally prosecuted for a violation of law in connection with massage therapy, including for crimes relating to prostitution, the arresting law enforcement agency may provide
• § 629.50 — (a) Each application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire or electronic communication shall be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the Attorney General, Chief Deput
• § 629.51 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Wire communication” means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the
• § 629.52 — Upon application made under Section 629.
• § 629.53 — The Judicial Council may establish guidelines for judges to follow in granting an order authorizing the interception of any wire or electronic communications.
• § 629.54 — Each order authorizing the interception of any wire or electronic communication shall specify all of the following: (a) The identity, if known, of the person whose communications are to be intercepted
• § 629.56 — (a) Upon informal application by the Attorney General, Chief Deputy Attorney General, or Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, or a district attorney, or the person designated to ac
• § 629.58 — No order entered under this chapter shall authorize the interception of any wire or electronic communication for any period longer than is necessary to achieve the objective of the authorization, nor
• § 629.60 — Whenever an order authorizing an interception is entered, the order shall require reports in writing or otherwise to be made to the judge who issued the order showing the number of communications inte
• § 629.61 — (a) Whenever an order authorizing an interception is entered, the order shall require a report in writing or otherwise to be made to the Attorney General showing what persons, facilities, places, or a
• § 629.62 — (a) The Attorney General shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature, the Judicial Council, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts on interceptions
• § 629.64 — The contents of any wire or electronic communication intercepted by any means authorized by this chapter shall, if possible, be recorded on any recording media.
• § 629.66 — Applications made and orders granted pursuant to this chapter shall be sealed by the judge.
• § 629.68 — Within a reasonable time, but no later than 90 days, after the termination of the period of an order or extensions thereof, or after the filing of an application for an order of approval under Section
• § 629.70 — (a) A defendant shall be notified that he or she was identified as the result of an interception that was obtained pursuant to this chapter.
• § 629.72 — Any person in any trial, hearing, or proceeding, may move to suppress some or all of the contents of any intercepted wire or electronic communications, or evidence derived therefrom, only on the basis
• § 629.74 — The Attorney General, any deputy attorney general, district attorney, or deputy district attorney, or any peace officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the cont
• § 629.76 — The Attorney General, any deputy attorney general, district attorney, or deputy district attorney, or any peace officer or federal law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter,
• § 629.78 — Any person who has received, by any means authorized by this chapter, any information concerning a wire or electronic communication, or evidence derived therefrom, intercepted in accordance with the p
• § 629.80 — No otherwise privileged communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character.
• § 629.82 — (a) If a peace officer or federal law enforcement officer, while engaged in intercepting wire or electronic communications in the manner authorized by this chapter, intercepts wire or electronic commu
• § 629.84 — Any violation of this chapter is punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by imprisonment pursuan
• § 629.86 — Any person whose wire or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have the following remedies: (a) Have a civil cause of action against any person
• § 629.88 — Nothing in Section 631, 632.
• § 629.89 — No order issued pursuant to this chapter shall either directly or indirectly authorize covert entry into or upon the premises of a residential dwelling, hotel room, or motel room for installation or r
• § 629.90 — An order authorizing the interception of a wire or electronic communication shall direct, upon request of the applicant, that a public utility engaged in the business of providing communications servi
• § 629.91 — A good faith reliance on a court order issued in accordance with this chapter by any public utility, landlord, custodian, or any other person furnishing information, facilities, and technical assistan
• § 629.92 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any court to which an application is made in accordance with this chapter may take any evidence, make any finding, or issue any order required to conform th
• § 629.94 — (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall establish a course of training in the legal, practical, and technical aspects of the interc
• § 629.96 — If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of its provisions to other persons or ci
• § 629.98 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 630 — The Legislature hereby declares that advances in science and technology have led to the development of new devices and techniques for the purpose of eavesdropping upon private communications and that
• § 6300 — The Department of Corrections is authorized to establish and operate regional jail camps.
• § 6301 — The primary purpose of the camps shall be the confinement, treatment, and care of persons sentenced to long jail terms, including persons so imprisoned as a condition of probation.
• § 6302 — The Director of Corrections shall make rules and regulations governing eligibility for commitment or transfer to such camps and rules and regulations for the government of such camps.
• § 6303 — (a) The director may enter into a contract, with the approval of the Director of General Services, with any county of the state, upon the request of the board of supervisors thereof, wherein the Direc
• § 6304 — The Director of Corrections may return to the committing authority any person committed transferred to a regional jail camp pursuant to this chapter when there is no suitable employment or when such p
• § 631 — (a) Any person who, by means of any machine, instrument, or contrivance, or in any other manner, intentionally taps, or makes any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electrically, acousticall
• § 632 — (a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential c
• § 632.01 — (a) (1) A person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 632 shall be punished pursuant to subdivision (b) if the person intentionally discloses or distributes, in any manner, in any forum, including,
• § 632.5 — (a) Every person who, maliciously and without the consent of all parties to the communication, intercepts, receives, or assists in intercepting or receiving a communication transmitted between cellula
• § 632.6 — (a) Every person who, maliciously and without the consent of all parties to the communication, intercepts, receives, or assists in intercepting or receiving a communication transmitted between cordles
• § 632.7 — (a) Every person who, without the consent of all of the parties to a communication, intercepts or receives and intentionally records, or assists in the interception or reception and intentional record
• § 633 — (a) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.
• § 633.02 — (a) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.
• § 633.05 — (a) Nothing in Section 632, 632.
• § 633.1 — (a) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.
• § 633.5 — Sections 631, 632, 632.
• § 633.6 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with federal law, upon the request of a victim of domestic violence who is seeking a domestic violence restraining order, a judge
• § 633.8 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide law enforcement with the ability to use electronic amplifying or recording devices to eavesdrop on and record the otherwise
• § 634 — Any person who trespasses on property for the purpose of committing any act, or attempting to commit any act, in violation of Section 631, 632, 632.
• § 635 — (a) Every person who manufactures, assembles, sells, offers for sale, advertises for sale, possesses, transports, imports, or furnishes to another any device which is primarily or exclusively designed
• § 6350 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Maintaining an inmate’s family and community relationships is an effective correctional technique which reduces recidivism.
• § 6351 — The Department of Corrections shall contract with a private nonprofit agency or agencies to establish and operate a visitor center outside each state adult prison in California which has a population
• § 6352 — Each visitor center shall provide, at a minimum, each of the following services to prison visitors: (a) Assistance to visitors with transportation between public transit terminals and prisons.
• § 6353 — Each nonprofit agency which the department contracts with pursuant to Section 6351 shall submit to the department and to the Legislature an annual report which includes, but is not limited to, the fol
• § 6354 — The Department of Corrections shall employ all the following criteria in selecting the agency or agencies with which it contracts pursuant to Section 6351: (a) The number and quality of services propo
• § 6355 — Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the department in developing additional programs or making all reasonable efforts to promote visits to prisoners.
• § 6356 — The department shall cooperate with the Department of Transportation in the development of public transportation services to prisons, pursuant to Section 14035.
• § 636 — (a) Every person who, without permission from all parties to the conversation, eavesdrops on or records, by means of an electronic device, a conversation, or any portion thereof, between a person who
• § 636.5 — Any person not authorized by the sender, who intercepts any public safety radio service communication, by use of a scanner or any other means, for the purpose of using that communication to assist in
• § 636.6 — (a) (1) A person who manufactures, imports, markets, purchases, sells, or operates a signal jammer, unless authorized to do so by the Federal Communications Commission, is guilty of an infraction, pun
• § 637 — Every person not a party to a telegraphic or telephonic communication who willfully discloses the contents of a telegraphic or telephonic message, or any part thereof, addressed to another person, wit
• § 637.1 — Every person not connected with any telegraph or telephone office who, without the authority or consent of the person to whom the same may be directed, willfully opens any sealed envelope enclosing a
• § 637.2 — (a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the greater of the following amounts: (1) Five thousand dollar
• § 637.3 — (a) No person or entity in this state shall use any system which examines or records in any manner voice prints or other voice stress patterns of another person to determine the truth or falsity of st
• § 637.4 — (a) No state or local governmental agency involved in the investigation or prosecution of crimes, or any employee thereof, shall require or request any complaining witness, in a case involving the use
• § 637.5 — (a) No person who owns, controls, operates, or manages a satellite or cable television corporation, or who leases channels on a satellite or cable system shall: (1) Use any electronic device to record
• § 637.6 — (a) No person who, in the course of business, acquires or has access to personal information concerning an individual, including, but not limited to, the individual’s residence address, employment add
• § 637.7 — (a) No person or entity in this state shall use an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of a person.
• § 637.9 — (a) Any person who, in the course of business, provides mailing lists, computerized or telephone-based reference services, or similar products or services utilizing lists, as defined, knowingly does a
• § 638 — (a) Any person who purchases, sells, offers to purchase or sell, or conspires to purchase or sell any telephone calling pattern record or list, without the written consent of the subscriber, or any pe
• § 638.50 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Wire communication” and “electronic communication” have the meanings set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 629.
• § 638.51 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person may not install or use a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order pursuant to Section 638.
• § 638.52 — (a) A peace officer may make an application to a magistrate for an order or an extension of an order authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device.
• § 638.53 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, upon an oral application by a peace officer, a magistrate may grant oral approval for the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace d
• § 638.54 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a government entity that obtains information pursuant to Section 638.
• § 638.55 — (a) Any person in a trial, hearing, or proceeding may move to suppress wire or electronic information obtained or retained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution or of
• § 639 — Every person who gives, offers, or agrees to give to any director, officer, or employee of a financial institution any emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any money, property, or thing of value for his
• § 639a — Any officer, director or employee of a financial institution who asks, receives, consents, or agrees to receive any commission, emolument, gratuity, or reward or any money, property, or thing of value
• § 640 — (a) (1) Any of the acts described in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (b) is an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and by community service
• § 640.2 — (a) Any person who stamps, prints, places, or inserts any writing in or on any product or box, package, or other container containing a consumer product offered for sale is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 640.5 — (a) (1) Any person who defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material the interior or exterior of the facilities or vehicles of a governmental entity, as defined by Section 811.
• § 640.6 — (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 640.
• § 640.7 — Any person who violates Section 594, 640.
• § 640.8 — Any person who violates Section 594, 640.
• § 6400 — Any amendments to existing regulations and any future regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections which may impact the visitation of inmates shall do all of the following: (a) Recognize and c
• § 6401 — (a) (1) At intake, every incarcerated person shall be asked whom they want covered by the following documents and shall be assisted in completing the necessary paperwork for the following documents: (
• § 6401.5 — The department shall have a grievance process in place by which the incarcerated person, or the person designated by the incarcerated person on a form specified in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph
• § 6401.8 — The operation of Sections 6401 and 6401.
• § 6402 — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) shall develop policies related to the department’s contraband interdiction efforts for individuals entering CDCR detention facilities.
• § 6404 — Inmates shall not be prohibited from family visits based solely on the fact that the inmate was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole or was sentenced to life and is without a parole dat
• § 6404.5 — (a) The department shall expedite a family visitation application process for incarcerated pregnant persons in order to prevent delays for visitation for the incarcerated mother and newborn child foll
• § 6405 — (a) By July 1, 2024, upon request by a visitor, the department shall scan documents into the Strategic Offender Management Systems (SOMS), including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) A bi
• § 640a — 1.
• § 640b — 1.
• § 641 — Every person who, by the payment or promise of any bribe, inducement, or reward, procures or attempts to procure any telegraph or telephone agent, operator, or employee to disclose any private message
• § 641.3 — (a) Any employee who solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept money or any thing of value from a person other than his or her employer, other than in trust for the employer, corruptly and without the kn