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Penal Code § 640.7

CHAPTER 2. Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 640.7Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 853, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.

Any person who violates Section 594, 640.5, or 640.6 on or within 100 feet of a highway, or its appurtenances, including, but not limited to, guardrails, signs, traffic signals, snow poles, and similar facilities, excluding signs naming streets, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. A second conviction is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.