{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"11418.1","citation":"Pen. Code, § 11418.1","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006. - 14315.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS [11006. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Prevention and Abatement of Unlawful Activities [11200. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4.6. The Hertzberg-Alarcon California Prevention of Terrorism Act [11415. - 11419.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-3/article-4.6"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 606, Sec. 6.   Effective September 17, 2002.","effective":"2002-09-17","html":"<p>Any person who gives, mails, sends, or causes to be sent any false or facsimile of a weapon of mass destruction to another person, or places, causes to be placed, or possesses any false or facsimile of a weapon of mass destruction, with the intent to cause another person to fear for his or her own safety, or for the personal safety of others, is guilty of a misdemeanor. If the person’s conduct causes another person to be placed in sustained fear, the person shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years and by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). For purposes of this section, “sustained fear” has the same meaning as in Section <a href=\"/pen/11418.5\">11418.5</a>.</p>","text":"Any person who gives, mails, sends, or causes to be sent any false or facsimile of a weapon of mass destruction to another person, or places, causes to be placed, or possesses any false or facsimile of a weapon of mass destruction, with the intent to cause another person to fear for his or her own safety, or for the personal safety of others, is guilty of a misdemeanor. If the person’s conduct causes another person to be placed in sustained fear, the person shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years and by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). For purposes of this section, “sustained fear” has the same meaning as in Section 11418.5.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/the-hertzberg-alarcon-california-prevention-of-terrorism-act-11418-1","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}