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California Criminal Law Concepts
1,085 legal terms defined by California statute, each with its verbatim statutory definition.
A
- Abduct
- ability to pay
- abuse
- abusing
- Academic freedom
- Academic researcher
- Access
- Access card
- active duty or veteran status
- Active efforts
- actual cost
- Actual custody
- Administer
- administrator
- adult or sexually oriented business
- adverse result
- advocacy
- Agency
- Agency protocol
- Agent
- aggregate material
- Aggregate wholesale value
- air gauge knife
- aircraft
- Airport
- Airport operations area
- all costs
- ammunition
- ammunition vendor
- an individual who would have a conflict of interest
- Animal
- Animal control officer
- animal enclosure
- antique cannon
- antique firearm
- antique rifle
- antique slot machine
- Apparatus
- Apparent ability to carry out that threat
- Application
- application to purchase
- Appropriate government agency
- appropriate victims
- Armed Prohibited Persons System
- armed with
- Armed with a firearm
- arrest
- arresting agency
- arson
- Article
- Artificial intelligence
- assault weapon
- Assistant Secretary
- Associated equipment
- At risk of entering foster care
- Attending physician
- Attorney General
- Audiovisual work
- Aural transfer
- Authorized personnel
- Authorized possessor
- authorized user
- Automated basis
- Automatic fire sprinkler system
- Automatic fixed fire extinguishing system
- Automotive repair dealer
B
- backlog
- Bail
- Bail fugitive
- Bail fugitive recovery agent
- ballistic knife
- ballistics identification system
- Bank
- bank robbery
- basic firearms safety certificate
- BB device
- Because of
- beedies
- Benefit
- bingo
- Blind administration
- Blinded administration
- blowgun
- blowgun ammunition
- blunt wraps
- Board
- Board and care facilities
- Board of Pharmacy
- bodily harm
- body armor
- body piercing
- body shield
- bona fide evidence of majority and identity
- boobytrap
- Bough
- Building materials
- Bureau
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Business
- Business entity
- Business records
- Bypass
C
- camouflaging firearm container
- campaign advertisement
- campus community
- cancellation
- cane gun
- cane sword
- Cannabis
- Cannabis accessories
- cannabis concentrate
- Cannabis products
- capacity to accept more than 10 rounds
- Card issuer
- Card making equipment
- Cardholder
- Caretaker
- cargo
- cargo container
- Cashless wagering system
- cattle
- Cave
- CCW
- cellular radio telephone
- Certified firearm safety device
- chamber load indicator
- charter-party carrier
- Cheat
- Chemical reagent
- Chemical solvent
- Chief administrative officer
- child
- Child abuse
- child and family team
- child case file
- child protective agency
- Child welfare services
- Child witness
- Childhood trauma
- cigarette
- City arrest
- civil proceeding
- Code enforcement officer
- code grabbing device
- Coercion
- collector
- Commercial mobile radio service
- Commercial quantities
- Commercial recording or audiovisual work
- Commercial sex act
- communication
- Community college
- Community corrections
- Community corrections program
- community program director
- community service
- community-based organization
- Community-based punishment
- companion animal
- Compensation
- complaint
- complete successfully
- composite knuckles
- Computer
- Computer contaminant
- Computer network
- Computer program
- Computer program or software
- Computer services
- Computer system
- Concealed firearm
- concentrated cannabis
- concession
- conditional sale contract
- conditional sentence
- Conducts
- confidential communication
- confidential personal information
- consent
- consideration
- Construction
- consultant-evaluator
- Consumer food item
- Consumer Price Index
- Contact with the victim
- Continued custody
- Continued pattern of unauthorized entry
- Contractor
- controlled game
- Controlled substance
- Controlled substance analog
- Controlled substance checking
- Controlled substance checking equipment
- Controlled substance checking service provider
- Controlled substance packaging
- conviction
- Copy
- cordless telephone
- corporation
- correctional administrator
- Corruptly
- costs
- costs associated with implementing the reimbursements program
- counter report of a property-damage accident
- Counterfeit access card
- Counterfeit mark
- counties
- County arrest
- County juvenile facilities
- course of conduct
- Court Facilities Trust Fund
- Court records
- CPO
- credible threat
- Credit card
- Credit union
- Crime
- Crime of violence
- Criminal activity
- Criminal history provider
- Criminal justice agency
- Criminal profiteering activity
- criminal street gang
- criminalistics laboratory
- critical need to drive
- Custodial interrogation
- Custodial officer
- Custody
- Custody assistant
- custody order
- Custody proceeding
- Customer
- Customs broker
D
- dagger
- damages
- Data
- Date of entry into foster care
- dating relationship
- Day care center
- daytime
- deactivated or rendered inoperable
- Deadly force
- deadly weapon
- Death incident
- deceptive identification document
- delivery
- Demonstration mode
- Department
- dependent adult
- Dependent person
- Depositor of bail
- Deprivation or violation of the personal liberty of another
- designated felony
- designated law enforcement entity
- Destroy
- destructive device
- detention facility
- Detoxification facility
- Developmental disability
- developmentally disabled
- Device
- Direct consideration
- Direct loan agreement
- directly communicated
- Director
- Director of a regional center
- Disability
- disabled animal
- Disclosing
- discovery materials
- Dispense
- Dispenser
- Dispose
- Disposes of
- Distribute
- Distributor
- district attorney
- Diversion-related treatment and habilitation
- Divert
- Division of moneys
- DNA
- document-making device
- documentary evidence
- DOJ Certified Instructor
- Domestic violence
- domestic violence advocate
- Domestic violence shelter
- Domicile
- Drop box
- drop safety requirement for handguns
- Drug
- Drug paraphernalia
- drug treatment
- drug treatment program
- Drug-related overdose
- Dual agency diversion
- duplicate
- Duress
E
- E-mail address
- Education
- Educator
- Effective oversight
- elder
- Elder and dependent adult abuse
- Elected or appointed official
- Electronic communication
- electronic communication device
- Electronic communication information
- Electronic communication service
- Electronic device
- Electronic device information
- Electronic dissemination
- Electronic information
- Electronic mail
- Electronic monitoring
- Electronic monitoring program
- electronic tracking device
- Electronic transmission prescription
- electronic wireless communications device
- eligible organization
- eligible person
- emergency
- Emergency medical technician
- Emergency personnel
- emergency rescue personnel
- emergency response situation
- Emergency situation
- Emergency supplies
- Emotional harm
- employee
- employer
- Employment
- Endanger public safety
- endless chain
- Entity
- equine
- etching cream
- Evacuation order
- Evacuation zone
- evidence-based practices
- Evidence-based program or practice
- excessive profits
- excusable neglect
- Executive authority
- Exhibit
- Exonerated
- expense for support and maintenance
- Expired access card
- explosive
- Express consent
- Extended family member
- Eyewitness
F
- facial covering
- facilitate
- Facility
- Facility dog
- facility or vehicle of a public transportation system
- false compartment
- false evidence
- family finding
- fear
- Federal bureau
- Federal licensee authorized to serialize firearms
- Federally licensed manufacturer or importer
- Federally regulated firearm precursor part
- feloniously obtained
- Felony case
- Felt tip marker
- Female genital mutilation
- fetal remains
- Field show up
- Filler
- Final disposition
- Financial institution
- Fire alarm system
- fire-protection system
- firearm
- firearm barrel
- Firearm precursor part
- firearm safety certificate
- firearm safety device
- firearms
- firing requirement for handguns
- First responder
- first time
- fixed magazine
- Fixed place of detention
- flammable substance
- flechette dart
- Forced labor or services
- foreclosure documents
- Foreign bank draft
- Forest land
- Foster care
- fraud offenses
- fraudulently obtains
- Fresh Pursuit
- Funeral
- Furnish
- furnishes
G
- Gambling establishment
- Gambling game device
- Gang database
- gang-related
- Gasoline
- gassing
- gender
- Gender expression
- General personnel file
- general supervision
- generally prohibited weapon
- good cause
- Goods
- Government computer system
- government document
- Government entity
- Government-owned
- Governor
- graffiti or other inscribed material
- Grand jury investigation
- Great bodily harm
- great bodily injury
- Group home
- guide dog
- gun safe
- gun show or event
- Gun Show Trader
- gunsmith
H
- hacking services
- handgun
- handgun ammunition
- handgun safety certificate
- Handler
- harass
- Harassing
- Harassment
- hard drug
- hard wooden knuckles
- Harm reduction
- harmful matter
- Harvest
- Harvester
- hate crime
- hazardous chemical
- Hazardous substance
- Hazardous waste
- Hazing
- Health care facility
- health care provider
- Health care service plan
- Health care staff
- Health care worker
- health facility
- Health information technology system
- Hearing
- hemp
- highway worker
- hijacking
- holder of escrow or title records
- Homeless shelter
- honorably retired
- horse
- Hospital
- house confinement
- Housing
- Human organ
- Human trafficking
- Human trafficking advocate
- humanely euthanize
- hunting license
I
- identifiable
- Identifiable history of being victimized by domestic violence
- Identification card
- Identification procedure
- Illegal dumping
- illegal telecommunications equipment
- imitation firearm
- immediate
- Immediate family
- immediate family member
- immediate personal possession
- immediately
- Immigration matter
- Impersonating
- imprisonment
- In whole or in part because of
- in-custody informant
- Incarcerated adult
- Incendiary device
- Incendiary fire
- incident being investigated
- independent institution of higher education
- Independent institutions of higher education
- Indian
- Indian child
- Indian child custody proceeding
- Indian custodian
- Indian foster home
- Indian organization
- Indian tribe
- Indirect consideration
- Individually identifiable information
- Ineligible for the sentence of death
- information
- infrequent
- inhabited
- Injury
- institution of higher education
- Institutionalized
- Insurer
- Intellectual disability
- Interactive service
- Interest
- Interfere with
- Interfering with
- Internet domain name
- Internet identifier
- Internet service provider
- Intimate body part
- Intimate part
- Intimidate
- Intimidating
- investigation
- investigator
- Involuntary proceeding
- isomer
J
K
L
- Laboratory glassware
- lands
- large-capacity magazine
- laser
- laser pointer
- laser scope
- law enforcement
- law enforcement agency
- law enforcement officer
- law enforcement official
- law enforcement personnel
- Lawful business
- Lawful custodian
- lawful custody
- lawful possession of the firearm
- Laws of the United States
- leaded cane
- Lease contract
- Legally protected health care activity
- less lethal ammunition
- Less lethal weapon
- library facility
- licensed gun dealer
- licensed gun show producer
- licensee
- licensing authority
- Lifeguard
- lipstick case knife
- litter
- Live animal market
- Live lineup
- Live performance
- local agency
- Local detention facility
- Local emergency
- local government
- local governmental entity
- local juvenile facility
- Local law enforcement agency
- Local supervision
- Located in this state
- Location
- locked container
- Locked toolbox or utility box
- locking device
- Loiter
- long gun
- long-gun safe
- Los Angeles World Airports
- Loss of wages or income
M
- machinegun
- machinegun-convertible pistol
- magazine
- magazine disconnect mechanism
- malfunction
- Malice
- maliciously
- management of the scene of an accident
- Manager
- Mandated reporting requirements
- Manifested before the end of the developmental period
- Manufacturer
- manufacturing
- marketed for use
- Marking substance
- master recording
- match
- Material
- Matter
- maximum term of confinement
- maximum term of imprisonment
- Medical supplies
- Medically incapacitated
- Member
- member of the public
- Menace
- Merchandise
- Merchant
- metal knuckles
- Microstamp
- Microstamping component
- Microstamping-enabled
- Military decoration
- Minor
- minor forest products
- minor informant
- misdemeanor not related to the use of drugs
- Misdemeanor or infraction case
- Mobility aid
- Monetary instrument
- Month
- more frequently imposed
- Mortgage lending process
- Mortgage loan
- most appropriate sentence
- Motion picture theater
- motor vehicle
- Motor vehicle master key
- Motor vehicle wheel lock
- Motor vehicle wheel lock master key
- multiburst trigger activator
- multichannel video or information services provider
- Multidisciplinary personnel
- multidisciplinary team
- Multidisciplinary teams
- multiple firearms
N
O
P
- paralysis
- paraphernalia for manufacturing slugs
- Parent
- Park
- Parking control officer
- Parking offense
- parking penalty
- parole authority
- Partner
- party state
- passenger for hire
- passenger stage corporation
- Passenger vessel terminal
- Past-posting
- pattern
- pattern of criminal gang activity
- Pattern of criminal profiteering activity
- pattern of related felony conduct
- Payment card
- Peace officer
- Pediatric liquid
- Pen register
- Penalty allocation
- Per diem
- Permit
- Person with an identification card
- person with substance use disorder
- personal firearm importer
- personal identifying information
- Personal information
- personal property
- personally identifying information
- personnel
- Personnel records
- Pet animals
- Pet shop
- Pharmacy
- Photo lineup
- photograph
- Physical confinement
- physical force
- Physical obstruction
- Pinching wagers
- Pistol converter
- Placement with a fit and willing relative
- planned permanent living arrangement
- plant material
- Player
- Playground
- plea agreement
- plea bargain
- plea bargaining
- Police investigative report
- Policy manual
- Poppy straw
- postconviction proceeding
- posted
- Posted boundary
- posted premises
- Posted property
- PPO
- Practitioner
- Preadoptive parent
- Preparation
- Prescription
- Pressing wagers
- Pretrial diversion
- Pretrial risk assessment tool
- Pretrial services agency
- Prima facie showing
- Prima facie showing of intellectual disability
- primary caregiver
- prior
- Prior victimization
- Private detention facility
- Private information
- private residence
- privileged information
- probation
- Probation officer
- Proceeds
- Process server
- processing agency
- Product
- Production
- Professional sporting event
- Profile
- Program
- prohibited area
- Prohibited violation
- Promising program or practice
- proof of registration
- proper purchaser identification
- Properly served
- properties
- Property
- property of any railroad
- Property subject to forfeiture
- prosecuting agency
- Prosecutorial agency
- prostitution
- Protest activities
- provocation
- public agency
- public entity
- public moneys
- public officer or employee
- public official
- Public place
- Public safety communications
- Public safety infrastructure computer system
- Public safety official
- public safety radio service communication
- Public transit facility
- public transit vehicle
- public transportation provider
- publishes
- punishment
- Pupil currently attending school
- Purchase
- Purchaser
Q
R
- Race or ethnicity
- Racially discriminatory language
- raffle
- Random retest
- Ransomware
- razzle-dazzle
- Real estate recordholder
- Reasonable efforts
- recent
- Recklessly
- Recognized treatment program
- Reconnection
- Reconstruction
- Recording
- recording device
- Reencoder
- Regional center
- regional facility
- Registrant
- relative
- release
- Release conditions framework
- Relevant protective order
- Religion
- Remote proceeding
- Remote technology
- removal
- Repair or reconstruction services
- repeat theft offenses
- Repeat violator
- Replacement costs
- Represented by a law enforcement officer
- Representing
- Reproductive health care services
- Reproductive health services
- Reproductive health services facility
- required number
- Reservation
- residence
- responsible adult
- Responsible agency
- responsible person
- restitution
- Retail distributor
- Retailer
- revocation
- Revoked access card
- rifle
- right to custody
- rodeo
- Room confinement
- roommate
- Roster
S
- Safe school zone
- safe-surrender site
- sale
- Sale for personal use
- Savings and loan association
- Scanning device
- school
- School activity
- school employee
- School zone
- seal
- Search and rescue member
- Search and rescue unit or team
- second or subsequent conviction
- secure facility
- Secure gun safe
- secured
- Security Exemplar
- Security guard
- Security interest
- Security officer
- Security printer
- seek medical assistance
- Seize
- Seller
- semiautomatic pistol
- Senior and disability victimization
- sensitive services
- Sentencing court
- series
- Serious bodily harm
- serious bodily injury
- Serious exposure
- serious felony
- Serious harm
- Serious injury
- Serious medical condition
- serious offense
- serious or violent felony
- Seriously disabled
- service dog
- Service provider
- Sex crime
- sexual activity
- sexual assault
- sexual conduct
- Sexual contact
- sexual masochism
- sexual offense
- Sexual orientation
- sexual sadism
- Shared gang database
- shobi-zue
- short-barreled rifle
- short-barreled shotgun
- shotgun
- Shrub
- shuriken
- Sight or sound contact
- Sign
- signal dog
- Signal extender
- Signal jammer
- signature
- silencer
- Similarly situated
- Single agency diversion
- Slot machine or device
- Smoke
- smoking
- social media
- special consideration
- special order
- Specific consent
- specific enhancement
- Specified drug offender
- sports official
- Sports trading card
- Sports trading card grab bag
- Spouse
- spurious mark
- Staff of a judge
- Standpipe system
- State Capitol
- State of emergency
- state or local public building
- State protection and advocacy agency
- State university
- State-licensed firearms manufacturer
- Status offense
- Sterile area
- Stranger
- structure
- stun gun
- Subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
- Subscriber information
- subscription
- subscription television system
- substantial legal question
- Substantial sexual conduct
- successful completion of treatment
- successfully completed probation
- Suicide attempt
- Supervised person
- Support person
- Supporting documentation
- suspension
- Sustained
- switchblade knife
T
- Tamper
- Tangible benefit
- Targeted at
- tattoo
- Telephone calling pattern record or list
- Telephone company
- Tendonectomy
- terminally ill
- the prosecution
- Theater owner
- Therapeutic purpose
- Therapy dog
- Threat
- threat of force
- threatening to retaliate
- Three-dimensional printer
- time spent in a treatment facility
- title business
- to actively conceal an accidental death
- tobacco products
- toll evasion penalty
- total bail
- total fine
- Total fine or forfeiture
- Total parking penalty
- Totality of the circumstances
- touches
- tracking device
- Trade secret
- Traffic
- Traffic officer
- Trafficking
- Trafficking shelter
- Transaction
- Transfer of responsibility
- transient
- transit-only traffic lane
- transit-related property
- Transitional housing
- transport
- transports
- Trap and trace device
- traumatic condition
- Tree
- trial counsel
- trial court proceedings
- Tribal court
- Tribal Gaming Agency
- Tribally approved home
- True threat
- Trunk
- two or more related felonies
U
- Ultimate user
- Unauthorized advertisement
- unauthorized motor vehicle
- unconscious of the nature of the act
- unconventional pistol
- Underlying offense
- undetectable firearm
- undetectable knife
- Unfounded
- University
- Unlawful interference in a mandated report
- unlawful manufacture of firearms
- unlawful sentence
- unreasonable risk of danger to public safety
- unsafe handgun
- unusual circumstances
- Upon demand
- Used a firearm
- used firearm
- Utility
- Utility service