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Penal Code § 11418.5 Section 11418.5
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(a) Any person who knowingly threatens to use a weapon of mass destruction, with the specific intent that the statement as defined in Section 225 of the Evidence Code or a statement made by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is …
Penal Code § 11419 Section 11419
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(a) Any person or entity possessing any of the restricted biological agents enumerated in subdivision (b) shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for 4, 8, or 12 years, and by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,0…
Penal Code § 11460 Section 11460
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(a) Any two or more persons who assemble as a paramilitary organization for the purpose of practicing with weapons shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and i…
Penal Code § 11470 Section 11470
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Communication service” means any communication service that interconnects with the public switched telephone network and is required by the Federal Communications Commission to provide custome…
Penal Code § 11471 Section 11471
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(a) Except as authorized by this article, no government entity, and no service provider acting at the request of a government entity, shall interrupt a communication service for either of the following purposes: (1) To prevent the communication service from being used for an ille…
Penal Code § 11472 Section 11472
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(a) An application by a government entity for a court order authorizing the interruption of a communication service shall be made in writing upon the personal oath or affirmation of the chief executive of the government entity or his or her designee, to the presiding judge of the…
Penal Code § 11473 Section 11473
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Upon application made under Section 11472, the judicial officer may enter an ex parte order, as requested or modified, authorizing interruption of a communication service in the territorial jurisdiction in which the judicial officer is sitting, if the judicial officer determines,…
Penal Code § 11474 Section 11474
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An order authorizing an interruption of a communication service shall include all of the following: (a) A statement of the court’s findings required by Section 11473. (b) A clear description of the communication service to be interrupted, with specific detail as to the affected s…
Penal Code § 11475 Section 11475
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A government entity that interrupts a communication service pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11471 shall take all of the following steps: (a) Apply for a court order under Section 11472 without delay. If possible, the application shall be filed within six h…
Penal Code § 11476 Section 11476
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(a) If an order issued pursuant to Section 11473 or a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section 11475 would authorize the interruption of a communication service for all customers of the interrupted communication service within a geographical area, the government en…
Penal Code § 11477 Section 11477
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If an order issued pursuant to Section 11473 or a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section 11475 is not governed by Section 11476, the government entity shall serve the order or statement on both of the following persons: (a) The appropriate service provider’s cont…
Penal Code § 11478 Section 11478
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(a) Good faith reliance by a service provider on a court order issued pursuant to Section 11473, a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section 11475, or the instruction of a supervising law enforcement officer acting pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Sec…
Penal Code § 11479 Section 11479
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(a) A person whose communication service has been interrupted pursuant to this article may petition the superior court to contest the grounds for the interruption and restore the interrupted service. (b) The remedy provided in this section is not exclusive. Other laws may provide…
Penal Code § 11480 Section 11480
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The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring that California users of any communication service not have that service interrupted, and thereby be deprived of 911 access to emergency services or a means to engage in constitutionally protected expression, is a matter of statewi…
Penal Code § 11481 Section 11481
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(a) This article does not apply to any of the following actions: (1) The interruption of a communication service with the consent of the affected customer. (2) The interruption of a communication service pursuant to a customer service agreement, contract, or tariff. (3) The inter…
Penal Code § 11482 Section 11482
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This article does not restrict, expand, or otherwise modify the authority of the Public Utilities Commission.
Penal Code § 2 Section 2
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To the allowances and costs of closing and keeping closed the building or place;
Penal Code § 25800 Section 25800
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(a) Every person who carries a loaded firearm with the intent to commit a felony is guilty of armed criminal action. (b) Armed criminal action is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison.
Penal Code § 25850 Section 25850
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(a) A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when the person carries a loaded firearm on the person or in a vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in an incorporated city, city and county, or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited ar…
Penal Code § 25900 Section 25900
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As provided in this article, Section 25850 does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any peace officer, listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2, or subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, whether active or honorably retired. (b) Any other duly appointed peace officer. (c) Any honorably ret…
Penal Code § 25905 Section 25905
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(a) (1) Any peace officer described in Section 25900 who has been honorably retired shall be issued an identification certificate by the law enforcement agency from which the officer has retired. (2) If the agency from which the officer has retired is no longer providing law enfo…
Penal Code § 25910 Section 25910
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no endorsement or renewal endorsement issued pursuant to Section 25915 shall be effective unless it is in the format set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 25460. (b) Any peace officer listed in subdivision (f) of Section 830.2 or in su…
Penal Code § 25915 Section 25915
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Every five years, a retired peace officer, except an officer listed in Section 830.1 or 830.2, subdivision (a) of Section 830.33, or subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 who retired prior to January 1, 1981, shall petition the issuing agency, or a successor agency pursuant to paragra…
Penal Code § 25920 Section 25920
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(a) The agency from which a peace officer is honorably retired, or a successor agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 25905, may, upon initial retirement of the peace officer, or at any time subsequent thereto, deny or revoke for good cause the retired off…
Penal Code § 25925 Section 25925
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(a) An honorably retired peace officer who is listed in subdivision (c) of Section 830.5 and authorized to carry a loaded firearm by this article shall meet the training requirements of Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least annually. (b) The individual retired p…
Penal Code § 2600 Section 2600
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(a) A person sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison or to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 may during that period of confinement be deprived of such rights, and only such rights, as is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. (b) Nothin…
Penal Code § 26000 Section 26000
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Section 25850 does not apply to members of the military forces of this state or of the United States engaged in the performance of their duties.
Penal Code § 26005 Section 26005
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Section 25850 does not apply to either of the following: (a) Persons who are using target ranges for the purpose of practice shooting with a firearm. (b) Members of shooting clubs while hunting on the premises of those clubs.
Penal Code § 2601 Section 2601
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Subject only to the provisions of that section, each person described in Section 2600 shall have the following civil rights: (a) Except as provided in Section 2225 of the Civil Code, to inherit, own, sell, or convey real or personal property, including all written and artistic ma…
Penal Code § 26010 Section 26010
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Section 25850 does not apply to the carrying of any handgun by any person as authorized pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 26150) of Division 5.
Penal Code § 26015 Section 26015
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Section 25850 does not apply to any armored vehicle guard, as defined in Section 7582.1 of the Business and Professions Code, if either of the following conditions is satisfied: (a) The guard was hired prior to January 1, 1977, and is acting within the course and scope of employm…
Penal Code § 2602 Section 2602
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person sentenced to imprisonment or housed in a state prison shall be administered any psychiatric medication without his or her prior informed consent. (b) If a psychiatrist determines that an inmate should be treated with psychiatri…
Penal Code § 26020 Section 26020
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(a) Upon approval of the sheriff of the county in which the retiree resides, Section 25850 does not apply to any honorably retired federal officer or agent of any federal law enforcement agency, including, but not limited to, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States…
Penal Code § 26025 Section 26025
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Section 25850 does not apply to any of the following who have completed a regular course in firearms training approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: (a) Patrol special police officers appointed by the police commission of any city, county, or city and…
Penal Code § 2603 Section 2603
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail shall be administered any psychiatric medication without prior informed consent. (b) If a psychiatrist determines that an inmate should be treated with psychiatric medication, but the …
Penal Code § 2603.5 Section 2603.5
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 2603, if an individual has been found incompetent to stand trial after having been charged with a misdemeanor offense, as described in Section 1370.01, and is confined in the county jail, antipsychotic medication may be administered without their prior…
Penal Code § 26030 Section 26030
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(a) Section 25850 does not apply to any of the following who have been issued a certificate pursuant to subdivision (d): (1) Guards or messengers of common carriers, banks, and other financial institutions, while actually employed in and about the shipment, transportation, or del…
Penal Code § 26035 Section 26035
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Nothing in Section 25850 shall prevent any person engaged in any lawful business, including a nonprofit organization, or any officer, employee, or agent authorized by that person for lawful purposes connected with that business, from having a loaded firearm within the person’s pl…
Penal Code § 2604 Section 2604
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an adult housed in state prison is presumed to have the capacity to give informed consent and make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance health care directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate. This presumption i…
Penal Code § 26040 Section 26040
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Nothing in Section 25850 shall prevent any person from carrying a loaded firearm in an area within an incorporated city while engaged in hunting, provided that the hunting at that place and time is not prohibited by the city council.
Penal Code § 26045 Section 26045
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(a) Nothing in Section 25850 is intended to preclude the carrying of any loaded firearm, under circumstances where it would otherwise be lawful, by a person who reasonably believes that any person or the property of any person is in immediate, grave danger and that the carrying o…
Penal Code § 2605 Section 2605
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(a) During the initial intake and classification process, and in a private setting, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall ask each individual entering into the custody of the department to specify all of the following: (1) The individual’s gender identity of fema…
Penal Code § 26050 Section 26050
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Nothing in Section 25850 is intended to preclude the carrying of a loaded firearm by any person while engaged in the act of making or attempting to make a lawful arrest.
Penal Code § 26055 Section 26055
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Nothing in Section 25850 shall prevent any person from having a loaded weapon, if it is otherwise lawful, at the person’s place of residence, including any temporary residence or campsite.
Penal Code § 2606 Section 2606
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(a) An individual incarcerated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who is transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, regardless of anatomy, shall: (1) Be addressed in a manner consistent with the incarcerated individual’s gender identity. (2) If lawfully searched, be se…
Penal Code § 26060 Section 26060
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Nothing in Section 25850 shall prevent any person from storing aboard any vessel or aircraft any loaded or unloaded rocket, rocket propelled projectile launcher, or similar device designed primarily for emergency or distress signaling purposes, or from possessing that type of a d…
Penal Code § 2607 Section 2607
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(a) An individual in custody of a state or local detention facility shall have the right to religious accommodation with respect to grooming, religious clothing, and headwear in observance of their sincerely held religious belief, at all times and throughout the facility, except …
Penal Code § 26100 Section 26100
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(a) It is a misdemeanor for a driver of any motor vehicle or the owner of any motor vehicle, whether or not the owner of the vehicle is occupying the vehicle, knowingly to permit any other person to carry into or bring into the vehicle a firearm in violation of Section 25850 of t…
Penal Code § 26110 Section 26110
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(a) The unlawful carrying of any firearm in violation of Section 25850 is a nuisance and is subject to Sections 18000 and 18005. (b) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any firearm that was used in the violation of any provision of the Fish and Game Code o…
Penal Code § 2620 Section 2620
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(a) When it is necessary to have a person imprisoned in the state prison brought before any court to be tried for a felony, or for an examination before a grand jury or magistrate preliminary to trial for a felony, or for the purpose of hearing a motion or other proceeding, to va…