California Penal Code CHAPTER 11 - Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act

  • Section 186.20.
    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act.”(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1256, Sec. 1....
  • Section 186.21.
    The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the right of every person, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity,...
  • Section 186.22.
    (a) Any person who actively participates in any criminal street gang with knowledge that its members engage in, or have engaged in, a pattern of criminal...
  • Section 186.22.a.
    (a) Any person who actively participates in any criminal street gang with knowledge that its members engage in, or have engaged in, a pattern of criminal...
  • Section 186.22a.
    (a) Every building or place used by members of a criminal street gang for the purpose of the commission of the offenses listed in subdivision (e)...
  • Section 186.23.
    This chapter does not apply to employees engaged in concerted activities for their mutual aid and protection, or the activities of labor organizations or their...
  • Section 186.24.
    If any part or provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter,...
  • Section 186.25.
    Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with this chapter relating to gangs and gang violence....
  • Section 186.26.
    (a) Any person who solicits or recruits another to actively participate in a criminal street gang, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 186.22, with the...
  • Section 186.28.
    (a) Any person, corporation, or firm who shall knowingly supply, sell, or give possession or control of any firearm to another shall be punished by imprisonment...
  • Section 186.30.
    (a) Any person described in subdivision (b) shall register with the chief of police of the city in which he or she resides, or the sheriff...
  • Section 186.31.
    At the time of sentencing in adult court, or at the time of the dispositional hearing in the juvenile court, the court shall inform any...
  • Section 186.32.
    (a) The registration required by Section 186.30 shall consist of the following:(1) Juvenile registration shall include the following:(A) The juvenile shall appear at the law enforcement agency with...
  • Section 186.33.
    (a) Any person required to register pursuant to Section 186.30 who knowingly violates any of its provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) (1) Any person who knowingly fails...
  • Section 186.33.a.
    (a) Any person required to register pursuant to Section 186.30 who knowingly violates any of its provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) (1) Any person who knowingly fails...
  • Section 186.34.
    (a) For purposes of this section and Sections 186.35 and 186.36, the following definitions apply: (1) “Criminal street gang” means an ongoing organization, association, or group of...
  • Section 186.35.
    (a) A person who is listed by a law enforcement agency in a shared gang database as a gang member, suspected gang member, associate, or affiliate...
  • Section 186.36.
    (a) The Department of Justice is responsible for establishing regulations for shared gang databases. All shared gang databases shall comply with those regulations.(b) The department shall administer...

Last modified: October 22, 2018