{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"288.7","citation":"Pen. Code, § 288.7","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":"Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 337, Sec. 9.   Effective September 20, 2006.","effective":"2006-09-20","html":"<p>(a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life.</p><p>(b) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in oral copulation or sexual penetration, as defined in Section <a href=\"/pen/289\">289</a>, with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 15 years to life.</p>","text":"(a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life. (b) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in oral copulation or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 289, with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 15 years to life.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/bigamy-incest-and-the-crime-against-nature-288-7","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}