{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"243.25","citation":"Pen. Code, § 243.25","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Assault and Battery [240. - 248.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-8/chapter-9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 369, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2003.","effective":"2003-01-01","html":"<p>When a battery is committed against the person of an elder or a dependent adult as defined in Section <a href=\"/pen/368\">368</a>, with knowledge that he or she is an elder or a dependent adult, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"When a battery is committed against the person of an elder or a dependent adult as defined in Section 368, with knowledge that he or she is an elder or a dependent adult, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/assault-and-battery-243-25","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}