California Statutes
§ 18715. — 18715. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 531.)
California § 18715.
JurisdictionCalifornia
Code PENPenal Code - PEN
Div.5.
Title2.
Part 6.DIVISION 5. DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, EXPLOSIVES, AND SIMILAR WEAPONS
Ch. 1.CHAPTER 1. Destructive Devices and Explosives Generally
Art. 1.ARTICLE 1. Prohibited Acts
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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 18715. (2026).
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(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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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 531. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Amending action operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68. Section operative January 1, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 10.
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