California

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• § 1374 — When a defendant who has been found incompetent is on outpatient status under Title 15 (commencing with Section 1600) of Part 2 and the outpatient treatment staff is of the opinion that the defendant
• § 1375 — Claims by the state for all amounts due from any county by reason of the provisions of Section 1373 of this code shall be processed and paid by the county pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (comm
• § 1375.5 — (a) Time spent by a person in a treatment facility or county jail as a result of proceedings under this chapter shall be credited against the sentence, if any, imposed in the underlying criminal case
• § 13750 — (a) A city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization may each establish a multiagency, multidisciplinary family justice center to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual
• § 13751 — Each family justice center established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13750 shall maintain a formal training program with mandatory training for all staff members, volunteers, and agency profe
• § 13752 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization may establish a domestic violence multidisciplinary personnel team consisting of two or mo
• § 13753 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization may establish a human trafficking multidisciplinary personnel team consisting of two or mo
• § 1376 — (a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Intellectual disability” means the condition of significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently
• § 1377 — When the person injured by an act constituting a misdemeanor has a remedy by a civil action, the offense may be compromised, as provided in Section 1378, except when it is committed as follows: (a) By
• § 13775 — This title shall be known and may be cited as the Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act.
• § 13776 — The following definitions apply for the purposes of this title: (a) “Anti-reproductive-rights crime” means a crime committed partly or wholly because the victim is a reproductive health services patie
• § 13777 — (a) The Attorney General shall do each of the following: (1) Collect information relating to anti-reproductive-rights crimes, including, but not limited to, the threatened commission of these crimes a
• § 13777.2 — (a) The Commission on the Status of Women and Girls shall convene an advisory committee consisting of one person appointed by the Attorney General and one person appointed by each of the organizations
• § 13778 — (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, utilizing available resources, shall develop and, subject to an appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other st
• § 13778.1 — Every law enforcement agency in this state shall develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards for officers’ responses to anti-reproductive-rights calls by January 1, 2023.
• § 13778.2 — (a) A state or local law enforcement agency or officer shall not knowingly arrest or knowingly participate in the arrest of any person for performing, supporting, or aiding in the performance of a leg
• § 13778.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meaning: (1) “Gender-affirming health care” and “gender-affirming mental health care” have the same meaning as in paragra
• § 1378 — If the person injured appears before the court in which the action is pending at any time before trial, and acknowledges that he has received satisfaction for the injury, the court may, in its discret
• § 1379 — No public offense can be compromised, nor can any proceeding or prosecution for the punishment thereof upon a compromise be stayed, except as provided in this Chapter.
• § 138 — (a) Every person who gives or offers or promises to give to any witness or person about to be called as a witness, any bribe upon any understanding or agreement that the person shall not attend upon a
• § 13800 — Unless otherwise required by context, as used in this title: (a) “Agency” means the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 13801 — Nothing in this title shall be construed as authorizing the board, or the local boards to undertake direct operational criminal justice responsibilities.
• § 1381 — Whenever a defendant has been convicted, in any court of this state, of the commission of a felony or misdemeanor and has been sentenced to and has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a state priso
• § 1381.5 — Whenever a defendant has been convicted of a crime and has entered upon a term of imprisonment therefor in a federal correctional institution located in this state, and at the time of entry upon such
• § 1382 — (a) The court, unless good cause to the contrary is shown, shall order the action to be dismissed in the following cases: (1) When a person has been held to answer for a public offense and an informat
• § 13820 — (a) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning is hereby abolished.
• § 13821 — (a) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate 9 percent of the amount deposited in the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 to the Office of Emergency
• § 13823.11 — The minimum standards for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, and the collection and preservation of evidence therefro
• § 13823.12 — Failure to comply fully with Section 13823.
• § 13823.13 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a course of training for qualified health care professionals relating to the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault.
• § 13823.14 — (a) The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Forensic Services, the California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors, and the California Association of Criminalists shall provide leadership and work
• § 13823.15 — (a) The Legislature finds that the problem of domestic violence is of serious and increasing magnitude.
• § 13823.16 — (a) The Comprehensive Statewide Domestic Violence Program established pursuant to Section 13823.
• § 13823.17 — (a) The Legislature finds the problem of domestic violence in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community to be of serious and increasing magnitude.
• § 13823.2 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) That violent and serious crimes are being committed against the elderly on an alarmingly regular basis.
• § 13823.3 — The Office of Emergency Services may expend funds for local domestic violence programs, subject to the availability of funds therefor.
• § 13823.4 — (a) The Legislature finds the problem of family violence to be of serious and increasing magnitude.
• § 13823.5 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, with the assistance of the advisory committee established pursuant to Section 13836, shall establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of se
• § 13823.6 — The Office of Emergency Services may secure grants, donations, or other funding for the purpose of funding any statewide task force on sexual assault of children that may be established and administer
• § 13823.7 — The protocol adopted pursuant to Section 13823.
• § 13823.9 — (a) Every public or private general acute care hospital, clinic, or other emergency medical facility that examines a victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, including child sexual abuse,
• § 13823.93 — (a) For purposes of this section, to “perform a medical evidentiary examination” means to evaluate, collect, preserve, and document evidence, interpret findings, and document examination results as de
• § 13823.95 — (a) Costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, clinic, sexual assault forensic examination team, or other emergency medical facility for a medical evidentiary examination of a v
• § 13824 — A brief description of all projects eligible for a commitment of council funds shall be made available to the public through a publication of the council having statewide circulation at least 30 days
• § 13825 — The State Graffiti Clearinghouse is hereby created in the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 13825.1 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program.
• § 13825.2 — (a) The California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program shall be administered by the Department of Justice for the purposes of reducing gang, criminal activity, and youth violence
• § 13825.3 — All funds made available to the Department of Justice for purposes of this chapter shall be disbursed in accordance with this chapter to community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that compl
• § 13825.4 — (a) Community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies that receive funds under this chapter shall utilize the funds to provide services and activities designed to prevent or deter at-promise youth
• § 13825.5 — To be eligible for funding under this chapter, community-based organizations and nonprofit agencies shall submit a request for funding proposal in compliance with this chapter to conduct a program tha
• § 13825.6 — Funding for the California Gang, Crime, and Violence Prevention Partnership Program shall be subject to the following: (a) 2 percent of the amounts appropriated in the Budget Act shall be transferred
• § 13826 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That violent activity by gangs is a serious and growing problem in the State of California.
• § 13826.1 — (a) There is hereby established in the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Gang Violence Suppression Program, a program of financial and technical assistance for district attorneys’ offices,
• § 13826.11 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang- and drug-related activity in and near California’s inner cities.
• § 13826.15 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the implementation of the Gang Violence Suppression Program, as provided in this chapter, has made a positive impact in the battle against crimes com
• § 13826.2 — Gang violence prosecution units receiving funds under this chapter are encouraged to concentrate enhanced prosecution efforts and resources upon cases identified under the suggested criteria set forth
• § 13826.3 — (a) An individual is subject to gang violence prosecution efforts if he or she is under arrest for the commission or the attempted commission of any gang-related violent crime where the individual is
• § 13826.4 — Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter are encouraged to concentrate enhanced law enforcement efforts and resources upon cases identified under criteria set forth in Section 13826
• § 13826.5 — County probation departments receiving funding under this chapter shall strictly enforce court-ordered conditions of probation for gang members.
• § 13826.6 — For purposes of this chapter, a “community-based” organization is defined as a nonprofit operation established to serve gang members, their families, schools, and the community with programs of commun
• § 13826.62 — (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services the Urban Corps Program.
• § 13826.65 — School districts, county offices of education, or any consortium thereof, receiving funding under this chapter shall develop or adopt and implement a gang violence prevention curriculum, provide gang
• § 13826.7 — The Board of State and Community Corrections is encouraged to utilize any federal funds that may become available for purposes of this chapter.
• § 13827 — (a) The Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy is hereby abolished.
• § 13828 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need to develop and provide training programs regarding the handling of judicial proceedings involving the victims of child sexual abuse.
• § 13828.1 — From funds appropriated for those purposes, the Judicial Council shall establish and maintain an ongoing program to provide training for the judicial branch of government relating to the handling of c
• § 1383 — If the defendant is not charged or tried, as provided in Section 1382, and sufficient reason therefor is shown, the court may order the action to be continued from time to time, and in the meantime ma
• § 13830 — There is hereby created in state government a Judicial Criminal Justice Planning Committee of seven members.
• § 13833 — The expenses necessarily incurred by the members of the Judicial Criminal Justice Planning Committee in the performance of their duties under this title shall be paid by the Judicial Council, but it s
• § 13835 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That there is a need to develop methods to reduce the trauma and insensitive treatment that victims and witnesses may experience in the wake of a cri
• § 13835.10 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the provision of quality services for victims of crime is of high priority.
• § 13835.2 — (a) Funds appropriated from the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund shall be made available through the Office of Emergency Services to any public or private nonprofit agency for the assistance of victims
• § 13835.4 — In order to ensure the effective delivery of comprehensive services to victims and witnesses, a center established by an agency receiving funds pursuant to this article shall carry out all of the foll
• § 13835.5 — (a) Comprehensive services shall include all of the following primary services: (1) Crisis intervention, providing timely and comprehensive responses to the individual needs of victims.
• § 13835.6 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with representatives from local victim and witness assistance centers, shall develop standards defining the activities and services enumerated in t
• § 13835.7 — There is in the State Treasury the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund.
• § 13836 — The Office of Emergency Services shall establish an advisory committee which shall develop a course of training for district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases, chi
• § 13836.1 — The committee shall consist of 11 members.
• § 13836.2 — (a) The office shall reimburse each county for the costs of salaries and transportation to the extent necessary to permit up to 10 percent of the staff of the district attorney to complete the course
• § 13837 — (a) (1) The California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) shall provide grants to proposed and existing child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse victim counseling centers and prevention pr
• § 13838 — “Peer counselor” means a provider of mental health counseling services who has completed a specialized course in rape crisis counseling skills development, participates in continuing education in rape
• § 13839 — (a) The California Crime Victims Fund is hereby established within the State Treasury.
• § 1384 — If the judge or magistrate directs the action to be dismissed, the defendant must, if in custody, be discharged therefrom; or if admitted to bail, his bail is exonerated, or money deposited instead of
• § 13840 — The Legislature hereby finds the resistance to crime and juvenile delinquency requires the cooperation of both community and law enforcement officials; and that successful crime resistance programs in
• § 13841 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Community” means city or county governments or portions or combinations thereof.
• § 13843 — (a) Allocation and award of funds made available under this chapter shall be made upon application to the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 13844 — (a) Use of funds granted under the California Community Crime Resistance Program are restricted to the following activities: (1) Further the goal of a statewide crime prevention network by supporting
• § 13845 — Selection of communities to receive funding shall include consideration of, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) Compliance with subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 13844.
• § 13845.5 — Notwithstanding Section 13845, the selection of communities to receive funding pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13844 shall include consideration of, but is not limited to, the
• § 13846 — (a) Evaluation and monitoring of all grants made under this section shall be the responsibility of the office.
• § 13847 — (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services a program of financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program.
• § 13847.1 — Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter shall meet the following criteria: (a) Training of law enforcement personnel to be culturally sensitive in the delivery of services to the N
• § 13847.2 — (a) The Rural Indian and Law Enforcement Local Advisory Committee shall be composed of a chief executive of a law enforcement agency, two tribal council members, two tribal elders, one Indian law enfo
• § 13848 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide local law enforcement and district attorneys with the tools necessary to successfully interdict the promulgation of high tec
• § 13848.2 — There is hereby established a program of financial and technical assistance for law enforcement and district attorneys’ offices, designated the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Progr
• § 13848.4 — (a) Moneys allocated for the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program pursuant to Section 13821 shall be expended to fund programs to enhance the capacity of local law enforcement an
• § 13849 — (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services a program of financial and technical assistance for county district attorney offices for the prosecution of human trafficking crimes
• § 1385 — (a) The judge or magistrate may, either on motion of the court or upon the application of the prosecuting attorney, and in furtherance of justice, order an action to be dismissed.
• § 1385.1 — Notwithstanding Section 1385 or any other provision of law, a judge shall not strike or dismiss any special circumstance which is admitted by a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or is found by a jury
• § 13850 — The Legislature hereby finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed against the people of California by a relatively small number of multiple and repeat felony of
• § 13851 — (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services a program of financial, training, and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called the California Career Criminal Apprehen
• § 13852 — Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter shall employ enhanced law enforcement management efforts and resources.
• § 13853 — An individual who is under investigation for the commission or attempted commission of one or more of the felonies listed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 999e and who is determined to h
• § 13854 — (a) The Director of Emergency Services shall develop specific guidelines, and administrative procedures, for the selection of the California Career Criminal Apprehension Program.
• § 1386 — The entry of a nolle prosequi is abolished, and neither the Attorney General nor the district attorney can discontinue or abandon a prosecution for a public offense, except as provided in Section 1385
• § 13860 — The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial drug abuse and drug trafficking problem exists among school-age children on and around school campuses in the State of California.
• § 13861 — There is hereby created in the Office of Emergency Services the Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Program.
• § 13862 — Law enforcement agencies and school districts receiving funds under this chapter shall concentrate enhanced apprehension, prevention, and education efforts and resources on drug abuse and drug traffic
• § 13864 — There is hereby created in the Office of Emergency Services the Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Prevention Education component of the Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Program in public elementary s
• § 1387 — (a) An order terminating an action pursuant to this chapter, or Section 859b, 861, 871, or 995, is a bar to any other prosecution for the same offense if it is a felony or if it is a misdemeanor charg
• § 1387.1 — (a) Where an offense is a violent felony, as defined in Section 667.
• § 1387.2 — Upon the express consent of both the people and the defendant, in lieu of issuing an order terminating an action the court may proceed on the existing accusatory pleading.
• § 13872 — The crimes that shall be the focus of this chapter shall include a wide variety of incidents, which reflect obvious racial, ethnic, or religious motivations, ranging from vandalizing a place of worshi
• § 13879.80 — (a) Every law enforcement and social services agency in this state is encouraged to develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards for their response to narcotics crime scenes where a ch
• § 13879.81 — Communities are encouraged to form multijurisdictional groups that include law enforcement officers, prosecutors, public health professionals, and social workers to address the welfare of children end
• § 1388 — (a) In any case where an order for the dismissal of a felony action is made, as provided in this chapter, and where the defendant had been released on his own recognizance for that action, if the pros
• § 13880 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the production and sale of narcotics is an ever increasing problem because of the substantial illicit profits derived therefrom.
• § 13881 — (a) There is hereby established in the office a program of financial and technical assistance for district attorneys’ offices, designated the California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law.
• § 13882 — California major narcotic vendors prosecution units receiving funds under this chapter shall concentrate enhanced prosecution efforts and resources upon individuals identified under selection criteria
• § 13883 — (a) An individual may be the subject of the California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law prosecution efforts who is under arrest for the commission or attempted commission of one or more felonies
• § 13884 — (a) Each district attorney’s office establishing a California major narcotic vendors prosecution unit and receiving state support under this chapter shall adopt and pursue the following policies for t
• § 13885 — The Legislature hereby finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of sexual offenses are committed against the people of California by a relatively small number of multiple and repeat sex of
• § 13885.1 — The Attorney General shall maintain, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, a statewide Sexual Predator Apprehension Team force.
• § 13885.15 — (a) The special agent teams established pursuant to Section 13885.
• § 13885.2 — The Attorney General, subject to the availability of funds, shall establish in the Department of Justice the High Risk Sex Offender Program, which is hereby created, which shall receive the Facts of O
• § 13885.4 — As used in this chapter, “high risk sex offenders” means those persons who are required to register as sex offenders pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act and who have been assessed with a sco
• § 13885.6 — The Department of Justice shall establish and maintain a comprehensive file of existing information maintained by law enforcement agencies, probation departments, the Department of Corrections and Reh
• § 13885.8 — The Department of Justice shall electronically provide a bulletin on each high risk sex offender to law enforcement agencies via the California Sex Offender Registry database and the California Law En
• § 13887 — (a) Any county may establish and implement a sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE) team program pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
• § 13887.1 — (a) The mission of this program shall be to reduce violent sexual assault offenses in the county through proactive surveillance and arrest of habitual sexual offenders, as defined in Section 667.
• § 13887.2 — The regional SAFE teams may consist of officers and agents from the following law enforcement agencies: (a) Police departments.
• § 13887.3 — The program established pursuant to this chapter shall have the following objectives: (a) To identify, monitor, arrest, and assist in the prosecution of habitual sexual offenders who violate the terms
• § 13887.4 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the otherwise unlawful violation of any person’s rights under the law.
• § 1389 — The agreement on detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: The Agreement on Detaine
• § 1389.1 — The phrase “appropriate court” as used in the agreement on detainers shall, with reference to the courts of this State, means the court in which the indictment, information, or complaint is filed.
• § 1389.2 — All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of this State and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainer and to co-operate with one another and
• § 1389.4 — Every person who has been imprisoned in a prison or institution in this State and who escapes while in the custody of an officer of this or another state in another state pursuant to the agreement on
• § 1389.5 — It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden or other official in charge of a penal or correctional institution in this State to give over the person of any inmate thereof whenever so required by
• § 1389.6 — The Administrator, Interstate Probation and Parole Compacts, shall administer this agreement.
• § 1389.7 — When, pursuant to the agreement on detainers or other provision of law, a person in actual confinement under sentence of another jurisdiction is brought before a California court and sentenced by the
• § 1389.8 — It shall be the responsibility of the agent of the receiving state to return the prisoner to the sending state upon completion of the proceedings.
• § 13890 — It is the intent of the Legislature to review the needs assessment report, as provided for in Section 13892, prior to providing additional funds for support of local forensic laboratory services or im
• § 13891 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Forensic Science Laboratory Enhancement Act.
• § 13897 — The Legislature finds and declares each of the following: (a) The citizens of California have expressed great concern for the plight of crime victims.
• § 13897.1 — (a) There shall be established a resource center that shall provide legal and other information for crime victims, their families, and providers of services to crime victims through a statewide, toll-
• § 13897.2 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall grant an award to an appropriate private, nonprofit organization, to provide a statewide resource center, as described in Section 13897.
• § 13897.3 — The Office of Emergency Services shall develop written guidelines for funding and performance standards for monitoring the effectiveness of the resource center program.
• § 13898 — (a) Each county may establish and implement an interagency sexual assault response team (SART) program for the purpose of providing a forum for interagency cooperation and coordination, to assess and
• § 13898.1 — (a) Each SART may consist of representatives of the following public and private agencies or organizations: (1) Law enforcement agencies.
• § 13898.2 — The program established pursuant to this chapter shall have the following objectives: (a) Review of local sexual assault intervention undertaken by all disciplines to promote effective intervention an
• § 13899 — The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall, in coordination with the Department of Justice, convene a regional property crimes task force to assist local law enforcement and railroad police
• § 139 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 71 and 136.
• § 1390 — Upon the filing of an accusatory pleading against a corporation, the court shall issue a summons, signed by the judge with his name of office, requiring the corporation to appear before him, at a spec
• § 13900 — The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That crime is a local problem that must be dealt with by state and local governments if it is to be controlled effectively.
• § 13901 — (a) For the purposes of coordinating local criminal justice activities and planning for the use of state and federal action funds made available through any grant programs, criminal justice and delinq
• § 13902 — Each county placed within a single county planning district may constitute a planning district upon execution of a joint powers agreement or arrangement acceptable to the county and to at least that o
• § 13903 — Planning districts may be the recipients of criminal justice and delinquency prevention planning or coordinating funds made available to units of general local government or combinations of units of g
• § 13904 — (a) The membership of each local board shall be consistent with state and federal statutes and guidelines; shall be representative of a broad range of community interests and viewpoints; and shall be
• § 13905 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 13904, representatives of the public shall be appointed to local criminal justice and delinquency prevention planning boards, of a number not to exceed the numb
• § 13906 — Planning boards may contract with other public or private entities for the performance of services, may appoint an executive officer and other employees, and may receive and expend funds in order to c
• § 13908 — (a) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall undertake a study to determine whether it would be feasible to develop a state-operated center on computer forensics for the purpose of collecting, co
• § 1391 — The summons shall be substantially in the following form: County of (as the case may be).
• § 1392 — The summons must be served at least five days before the day of appearance fixed therein, by delivering a copy thereof and showing the original to the president or other head of the corporation, or to
• § 1393 — At the appointed time in the summons, the magistrate shall proceed with the charge in the same manner as in other cases.
• § 1396 — If an accusatory pleading is filed, the corporation may appear by counsel to answer the same, except that in the case of misdemeanors arising from operation of motor vehicles, or of infractions arisin
• § 1397 — When a fine is imposed upon a corporation on conviction, it may be collected by virtue of the order imposing it in the manner provided for enforcement of money judgments generally.
• § 1398 — (a) In addition to any other penalty or fine provided by law, if a corporation is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony offense, the court may order the corporation to pay an additional fine, known as
• § 14 — The various sections of this Code which declare that evidence obtained upon the examination of a person as a witness cannot be received against him in any criminal proceeding, do not forbid such evide
• § 140 — (a) Except as provided in Section 139, every person who willfully uses force or threatens to use force or violence upon the person of a witness to, or a victim of, a crime or any other person, or to t
• § 1401 — It is not necessary to entitle an affidavit or deposition in the action, whether taken before or after indictment or information, or upon an appeal; but if made without a title, or with an erroneous t
• § 14020 — There is hereby established the Witness Relocation and Assistance Program.
• § 14021 — As used in this title: (a) “Witness” means any person who has been summoned, or is reasonably expected to be summoned, to testify in a criminal matter, including grand jury proceedings, for the people
• § 14022 — The program shall be administered by the Attorney General.
• § 14023 — The Attorney General shall give priority to matters involving organized crime, gang activities, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cases involving a high degree of risk to the witness.
• § 14024 — The Attorney General shall coordinate the efforts of state and local agencies to secure witness protection, relocation, and assistance services and then reimburse those state and local agencies for th
• § 14025 — The witness protection agreement shall be in writing, and shall specify the responsibilities of the protected person that establish the conditions for local or state prosecutors providing protection.
• § 14025.5 — The State of California, the counties and cities within the state, and their respective officers and employees shall not be liable for any condition in the witness protection agreement that cannot rea
• § 14026 — Funds available to implement this title may be used for any of the following: (a) To protect witnesses where credible evidence exists that they may be in substantial danger of intimidation or retaliat
• § 14026.5 — For the purposes of this title, notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, a witness, as defined in subdivision (
• § 14027 — The Attorney General shall issue appropriate guidelines and may adopt regulations to implement this title.
• § 14028 — The State of California, the counties and cities within the state, and their respective officers and employees shall have immunity from civil liability for any decision declining or revoking protectio
• § 14029 — All information relating to any witness participating in the program established pursuant to this title shall remain confidential and is not subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Rec
• § 14029.5 — (a) (1) No person or private entity shall post on the Internet the home address, the telephone number, or personal identifying information that discloses the location of any witness or witness’ family
• § 14030 — (a) The Attorney General shall establish a liaison with the United States Marshal’s office in order to facilitate the legal processes over which the federal government has sole authority, including, b
• § 14031 — Commencing one year after the effective date of this title, the Attorney General shall make an annual report to the Legislature no later than January 1 on the fiscal and operational status of the prog
• § 14032 — The administrative costs of the Attorney General for the purposes of administering this title shall be limited to 5 percent of all costs incurred pursuant to this title.
• § 14033 — (a) The Governor’s budget shall specify the estimated amount in the Restitution Fund that is in excess of the amount needed to pay claims pursuant to Sections 13960 to 13965, inclusive, of the Governm
• § 1404 — Neither a departure from the form or mode prescribed by this Code in respect to any pleading or proceeding, nor an error or mistake therein, renders it invalid, unless it has actually prejudiced the d
• § 1405 — (a) A person who was convicted of a felony and is currently serving a term of imprisonment may make a written motion, pursuant to subdivision (d), before the trial court that entered the judgment of c
• § 1405.1 — (a) When the court grants a motion for DNA testing pursuant to Section 1405 and a DNA profile of an unknown contributor is generated, the court may conduct a hearing to determine if the DNA profile sh
• § 14051 — The chief law enforcement and fire officials of every city shall consult with the chief officer of their city who is charged with the enforcement of laws or ordinances regulating the erection, constru
• § 1407 — When property, alleged to have been stolen or embezzled, comes into the custody of a peace officer, he shall hold it subject to the provisions of this chapter relating to the disposal thereof.
• § 1408 — On the application of the owner and on satisfactory proof of his ownership of the property, after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard has been given to the person from whom custody of the pr
• § 1409 — If property stolen or embezzled comes into the custody of the magistrate, it shall be delivered, without prejudice to the state, to the owner upon his application to the court and on satisfactory proo
• § 141 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a person who knowingly, willfully, intentionally, and wrongfully alters, modifies, plants, places, manufactures, conceals, or moves any physical mat
• § 1410 — If the property stolen or embezzled has not been delivered to the owner, the court before which a trial is had for stealing or embezzling it, upon the application of the owner to the court and on proo
• § 1411 — (a) If the ownership of the property stolen or embezzled and the address of the owner, and the address of the owner of a security interest therein, can be reasonably ascertained, the peace officer who
• § 14110 — The Legislature finds the following: (a) The incidence of violence in our state continues to present an increasing and dominating societal problem that must be addressed at its root causes in order to
• § 14111 — The Legislature further finds that: (a) It is in the public interest to translate the findings of the California Commission on Crime Control and Violence Prevention into community-empowering, communit
• § 14112 — The Legislature therefore intends: (a) To develop community violence prevention and conflict resolution programs, in the state, based upon the recommendations of the California Commission on Crime Con