Home/California/Statutes/Code PEN: Penal Code - PEN/Title: 9./Part 1.: TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS/Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Abandonment and Neglect of Children/§ 273g.
California Statutes

§ 273g. — 273g. (Added by Stats. 1907, Ch. 413.)

California § 273g.
JurisdictionCalifornia
Code PENPenal Code - PEN
Title9.
Part 1.TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS
Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Abandonment and Neglect of Children

This text of California § 273g. (273g. (Added by Stats. 1907, Ch. 413.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 273g. (2026).

Text

Any person who in the presence of any child indulges in any degrading, lewd, immoral or vicious habits or practices, or who is habitually drunk in the presence of any child in his care, custody or control, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 1907, Ch. 413.
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
California § 273g., Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ca/PEN/273g..