{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"284","citation":"Pen. Code, § 284","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 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261. - 368.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature [281. - 289.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-9/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 72.   (SB 1005)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>Every person who knowingly and willfully marries or enters into a registered domestic partnership with the spouse of another, in any case in which such spouse would be punishable under the provisions of this chapter, is punishable by a fine not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a>.</p>","text":"Every person who knowingly and willfully marries or enters into a registered domestic partnership with the spouse of another, in any case in which such spouse would be punishable under the provisions of this chapter, is punishable by a fine not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/bigamy-incest-and-the-crime-against-nature-284","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}