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Cal. Penal Code § 18715

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Title 2: Weapons Generally, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 18715

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 18715Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
(a) Every person who recklessly or maliciously has in possession any destructive device or any explosive in any of the following places is guilty of a felony: (1) On a public street or highway. (2) In or near any theater, hall, school, college, church, hotel, or other public building. (3) In or near any private habitation. (4) In, on, or near any aircraft, railway passenger train, car, cable road, cable car, or vessel engaged in carrying passengers for hire. (5) In, on, or near any other public place ordinarily passed by human beings. (b) An offense under subdivision (a) is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for a period of two, four, or six years.

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