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CA Penal Code § 653.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 2 - Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses|Section 653.2.

653.2.  (a) Every person who, with intent to place another person in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of the other person’s immediate family, by means of an electronic communication device, and without consent of the other person, and for the purpose of imminently causing that other person unwanted physical contact, injury, or harassment, by a third party, electronically distributes, publishes, e-mails, hyperlinks, or makes available for downloading, personal identifying information, including, but not limited to, a digital image of another person, or an electronic message of a harassing nature about another person, which would be likely to incite or produce that unlawful action, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in a county jail, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(b) For purposes of this section, “electronic communication device” includes, but is not limited to, telephones, cell phones, computers, Internet Web pages or sites, Internet phones, hybrid cellular/Internet/wireless devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs), video recorders, fax machines, or pagers. “Electronic communication” has the same meaning as the term is defined in Section 2510(12) of Title 18 of the United States Code.(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply:(1) “Harassment” means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person that a reasonable person would consider as seriously alarming, seriously annoying, seriously tormenting, or seriously terrorizing the person and that serves no legitimate purpose.(2) “Of a harassing nature” means of a nature that a reasonable person would consider as seriously alarming, seriously annoying, seriously tormenting, or seriously terrorizing of the person and that serves no legitimate purpose.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 144. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Penal Code § 653.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 2.5 - Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense|Section 653.20.

653.20.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) “Commit prostitution” means to engage in sexual conduct for money or other consideration, but does not include sexual conduct engaged in as a part of any stage performance, play, or other entertainment open to the public.(b) “Public place” means an area open to the public, or an alley, plaza, park, driveway, or parking lot, or an automobile, whether moving or not, or a building open to the general public, including one which serves food or drink, or provides entertainment, or the doorways and entrances to a building or dwelling, or the grounds enclosing a building or dwelling.(c) “Loiter” means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 981, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Penal Code § 653.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 2.5 - Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense|Section 653.22.

653.22.  (a) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), it is unlawful for any person to loiter in any public place with the intent to commit prostitution. This intent is evidenced by acting in a manner and under circumstances that openly demonstrate the purpose of inducing, enticing, or soliciting prostitution, or procuring another to commit prostitution.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this subdivision does not apply to a child under 18 years of age who is alleged to have engaged in conduct that would, if committed by an adult, violate this subdivision. A commercially exploited child under this paragraph may be adjudged a dependent child of the court pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and may be taken into temporary custody pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 305 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, if the conditions allowing temporary custody without warrant are met.(b) Among the circumstances that may be considered in determining whether a person loiters with the intent to commit prostitution are that the person:(1) Repeatedly beckons to, stops, engages in conversations with, or attempts to stop or engage in conversations with passersby, indicative of soliciting for prostitution.(2) Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles by hailing the drivers, waving arms, or making any other bodily gestures, or engages or attempts to engage the drivers or passengers of the motor vehicles in conversation, indicative of soliciting for prostitution.(3) Has been convicted of violating this section, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 647, or any other offense relating to or involving prostitution, within five years of the arrest under this section.(4) Circles an area in a motor vehicle and repeatedly beckons to, contacts, or attempts to contact or stop pedestrians or other motorists, indicative of soliciting for prostitution.(5) Has engaged, within six months prior to the arrest under this section, in any behavior described in this subdivision, with the exception of paragraph (3), or in any other behavior indicative of prostitution activity.(c) The list of circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) is not exclusive. The circumstances set forth in subdivision (b) should be considered particularly salient if they occur in an area that is known for prostitution activity. Any other relevant circumstances may be considered in determining whether a person has the requisite intent. Moreover, no one circumstance or combination of circumstances is in itself determinative of intent. Intent must be determined based on an evaluation of the particular circumstances of each case.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 654, Sec. 2. (SB 1322) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Penal Code § 653.24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 2.5 - Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense|Section 653.24.

653.24.  If any section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and that holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the chapter.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 981, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Penal Code § 653.26 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 2.5 - Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense|Section 653.26.

653.26.  A violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 981, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Penal Code § 653.28 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 2.5 - Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in a Prostitution Offense|Section 653.28.

653.28.  Nothing in this chapter or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 639) shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with these chapters relating to prostitution or prostitution-related activity. Where local laws duplicate or supplement this chapter or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 639), these chapters shall be construed as providing alternative remedies and not to preempt the field.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 981, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Penal Code § 653.55 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.55.

653.55.  It is a misdemeanor for any person for compensation to knowingly make a false or misleading material statement or assertion of fact in the preparation of an immigration matter which statement or assertion is detrimentally relied upon by another. Such a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1125.)
CA Penal Code § 653.56 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.56.

653.56.  For purposes of this chapter:(a) “Compensation” means money, property, or anything else of value.(b) “Immigration matter” means any proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or citizenship status of any person which arises under immigration and naturalization law, executive order or presidential proclamation, or action of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Department of State, or the United States Department of Labor.(c) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, other organization, or any employee or agent thereof.(d) “Preparation” means giving advice on an immigration matter and includes drafting an application, brief, document, petition, or other paper, or completing a form provided by a federal or state agency in an immigration matter.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 210. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Penal Code § 653.57 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.57.

653.57.  Any person violating the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined by any superior court of competent jurisdiction upon an action for injunction, brought by the Attorney General, or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state, and the superior court shall, after proof of violation, issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining such conduct.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 999.)
CA Penal Code § 653.58 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.58.

653.58.  Any person who intentionally violates any injunction issued pursuant to Section 653.57 shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation. Where the conduct constituting a violation is of a continuing nature, each day of such conduct is a separate and distinct violation.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1125.)
CA Penal Code § 653.59 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.59.

653.59.  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General, or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state in any court of competent jurisdiction. If the civil action was brought by the Attorney General, one-half of the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the State General Fund. If the civil action was brought by a district attorney or county counsel, the entire amount of the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered. If the civil action was brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor, one-half of the penalty shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered and one-half to the city.The action may be brought upon the complaint of any person acting for the interests of itself, or members, or the general public.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 999.)
CA Penal Code § 653.60 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.60.

653.60.  Any person injured by violation of this chapter may recover: (a) his actual damages or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater; and (b) the costs of the suit, including reasonable attorney’s fees.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 999.)
CA Penal Code § 653.61 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 3 - Immigration Matters|Section 653.61.

653.61.  The remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 999.)
CA Penal Code § 653.75 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS|TITLE 15 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES|CHAPTER 4 - Crimes Committed while in Custody in Correctional Facilities|Section 653.75.

653.75.  Any person who commits any public offense while in custody in any local detention facility, as defined in Section 6031.4, or any state prison, as defined in Section 4504, is guilty of a crime. That crime shall be punished as provided in the section prescribing the punishment for that public offense.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1005, Sec. 1.)
CA Penal Code § 692 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 1 - Of Lawful Resistance|Section 692.

692.  Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may be made:1. By the party about to be injured;2. By other parties.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 693 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 1 - Of Lawful Resistance|Section 693.

693.  Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the party about to be injured:1. To prevent an offense against his person, or his family, or some member thereof.2. To prevent an illegal attempt by force to take or injure property in his lawful possession.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 694 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 1 - Of Lawful Resistance|Section 694.

694.  Any other person, in aid or defense of the person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the offense.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 697 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 2 - Of the Intervention of the Officers of Justice|Section 697.

697.  Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:1. By requiring security to keep the peace;2. By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places;3. By suppressing riots.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 698 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 2 - Of the Intervention of the Officers of Justice|Section 698.

698.  When the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons, who, by their command, act in their aid, are justified in so doing.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 701 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 701.

701.  An information may be laid before any of the magistrates mentioned in Section 808, that a person has threatened to commit an offense against the person or property of another.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 701.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 701.5.

701.5.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), no peace officer or agent of a peace officer shall use a person who is 12 years of age or younger as a minor informant.(b) No peace officer or agent of a peace officer shall use a person under the age of 18 years as a minor informant, except as authorized pursuant to the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act (Division 8.5 (commencing with Section 22950) of the Business and Professions Code) for the purposes of that act, unless the peace officer or agent of a peace officer has obtained an order from the court authorizing the minor’s cooperation.(c) Prior to issuing any order pursuant to subdivision (b), the court shall find, after consideration of (1) the age and maturity of the minor, (2) the gravity of the minor’s alleged offense, (3) the safety of the public, and (4) the interests of justice, that the agreement to act as a minor informant is voluntary and is being entered into knowingly and intelligently.(d) Prior to the court making the finding required in subdivision (c), all of the following conditions shall be satisfied:(1) The court has found probable cause that the minor committed the alleged offense. The finding of probable cause shall only be for the purpose of issuing the order pursuant to subdivision (b), and shall not prejudice the minor in any future proceedings.(2) The court has advised the minor of the mandatory minimum and maximum sentence for the alleged offense.(3) The court has disclosed the benefit the minor may obtain by cooperating with the peace officer or agent of a peace officer.(4) The minor’s parent or guardian has consented to the agreement by the minor unless the parent or guardian is a suspect in the criminal investigation.(e) For purposes of this section, “minor informant” means a minor who participates, on behalf of a law enforcement agency, in a prearranged transaction or series of prearranged transactions with direct face-to-face contact with any party, when the minor’s participation in the transaction is for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain evidence of illegal activity by a third party and where the minor is participating in the transaction for the purpose of reducing or dismissing a pending juvenile petition against the minor.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 833, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 1998.)
CA Penal Code § 702 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 702.

702.  When the information is laid before such magistrate he must examine on oath the informer, and any witness he may produce, and must take their depositions in writing, and cause them to be subscribed by the parties making them.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 703 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 703.

703.  If it appears from the depositions that there is just reason to fear the commission of the offense threatened, by the person so informed against, the magistrate must issue a warrant, directed generally to the sheriff of the county, or any marshal, or policeman in the state, reciting the substance of the information, and commanding the officer forthwith to arrest the person informed of and bring him or her before the magistrate.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 113. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Penal Code § 704 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 704.

704.  When the person informed against is brought before the magistrate, if the charge be controverted, the magistrate shall take testimony in relation thereto. The evidence shall be reduced to writing and subscribed by the witnesses. The magistrate may, in his or her discretion, order the testimony and proceedings to be taken down in shorthand, and for that purpose he or she may appoint a shorthand reporter. The deposition or testimony of the witnesses shall be authenticated in the form prescribed in Section 869.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 48.)
CA Penal Code § 705 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 705.

705.  If it appears that there is no just reason to fear the commission of the offense alleged to have been threatened, the person complained of must be discharged.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 706 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 706.

706.  If, however, there is just reason to fear the commission of the offense, the person complained of may be required to enter into an undertaking in such sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as the magistrate may direct, to keep the peace towards the people of this state, and particularly towards the informer. The undertaking is valid and binding for six months, and may, upon the renewal of the information, be extended for a longer period, or a new undertaking may be required.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 315.)
CA Penal Code § 707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 707.

707.  If the undertaking required by the last section is given, the party informed of must be discharged. If he does not give it, the magistrate must commit him to prison, specifying in the warrant the requirement to give security, the amount thereof, and the omission to give the same.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 708.

708.  If the person complained of is committed for not giving the undertaking required, he may be discharged by any magistrate, upon giving the same.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 709.

709.  The undertaking must be filed by the magistrate in the office of the Clerk of the county.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 710.

710.  A person who, in the presence of a Court or magistrate, assaults or threatens to assault another, or to commit an offense against his person or property, or who contends with another with angry words, may be ordered by the Court or magistrate to give security, as in this Chapter provided, and if he refuse to do so, may be committed as provided in Section 707.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 711.

711.  Upon the conviction of the person informed against of a breach of the peace, the undertaking is broken.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 712 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 1 - OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES|CHAPTER 3 - Security to Keep the Peace|Section 712.

712.  Upon the District Attorney’s producing evidence of such conviction to the Superior Court of the county, the Court must order the undertaking to be prosecuted, and the District Attorney must thereupon commence an action upon it in the name of the people of this State.(Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 56.)