California statute
Cal. Penal Code § 316
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Chapter 8: Indecent Exposure, Obscene Exhibitions, and Bawdy and Other Disorderly Houses, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 316
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.
Every person who keeps any disorderly house, or any house for the purpose of assignation or prostitution, or any house of public resort, by which the peace, comfort, or decency of the immediate neighborhood is habitually disturbed, or who keeps any inn in a disorderly manner; and every person who lets any apartment or tenement, knowing that it is to be used for the purpose of assignation or prostitution, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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