BlackletterCalifornia law

Penal Code § 15

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 15Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, either of the following punishments:

1. Death;

2. Imprisonment;

3. Fine;

4. Removal from office; or,

5. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit in this State.