California Penal Code CHAPTER 2 - Time of Commencing Criminal Actions

• Section 799.
  (a) Prosecution for an offense punishable by death or by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for life without the possibility of parole, or...
• Section 800.
  Except as provided in Section 799, prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for eight years or more or by imprisonment...
• Section 801.
  Except as provided in Sections 799 and 800, prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or pursuant to subdivision (h) of...
• Section 801.1.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in this chapter, prosecution for a felony offense described in Section 261, 286, 288, 288.5, 288a, or 289,...
• Section 801.2.
  Notwithstanding any other limitation of time prescribed in this chapter, prosecution for a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 311.4 shall commence within 10 years...
• Section 801.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 801 or any other provision of law, prosecution for any offense described in subdivision (c) of Section 803 shall be commenced within four...
• Section 801.6.
  Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in this chapter, prosecution for any offense proscribed by Section 368, except for a violation of any provision...
• Section 802.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e), prosecution for an offense not punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison or...
• Section 802.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 802 or any other provision of law, prosecution for the offense described in Section 18897.93 of the Business and Professions Code shall be...
• Section 803.
  (a) Except as provided in this section, a limitation of time prescribed in this chapter is not tolled or extended for any reason.(b) No time during which...
• Section 803.5.
  With respect to a violation of Section 115 or 530.5, a limitation of time prescribed in this chapter does not commence to run until the...
• Section 803.6.
  (a) If more than one time period described in this chapter applies, the time for commencing an action shall be governed by that period that expires...
• Section 804.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for the purpose of this chapter, prosecution for an offense is commenced when any of the following occurs:(a) An...
• Section 805.
  For the purpose of determining the applicable limitation of time pursuant to this chapter:(a) An offense is deemed punishable by the maximum punishment prescribed by statute...

Last modified: October 22, 2018