{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"20110","citation":"Pen. Code, § 20110","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6"},{"name":"TITLE 3. WEAPONS AND DEVICES OTHER THAN FIREARMS [19910. - 23025.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. BOOBYTRAP [20110. - 20110.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-6/title-3/division-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 86.   (SB 1023)   Effective June 27, 2012.","effective":"2012-06-27","html":"<p>(a) Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/pen/18710\">18710</a>) of Division 5 of Title 2, any person who assembles, maintains, places, or causes to be placed a boobytrap device is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a> for two, three, or five years.</p><p>(b) Possession of any device with the intent to use the device as a boobytrap is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a>, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"(a) Except as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 18710) of Division 5 of Title 2, any person who assembles, maintains, places, or causes to be placed a boobytrap device is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or five years. (b) Possession of any device with the intent to use the device as a boobytrap is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/boobytrap-20110","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}