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Cal. Penal Code § 76.5
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Title 5: Of Crimes by and Against the Executive Power of the State, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 76.5
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.
(a) No person shall knowingly post the home address or telephone number of any elected or appointed official, or of the official’s residing spouse or child, on the internet knowing that person is an elected or appointed official and intending to cause imminent great bodily harm that is likely to occur or threatening to cause imminent great bodily harm to that individual. (b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (c) A violation of this section that leads to the bodily injury of the official, or the official’s residing spouse or child, is a misdemeanor or a felony. (d) “Elected or appointed official” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 7920.500 of the Government Code.
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