TITLE 11. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

Title 11 enacted 1872.

§§ 403–420.1 · 33 sections

§ 403 Every person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is not unlawful in its character, other than an…
§ 404 (a) Any use of force or violence, disturbing the public peace, or any threat to use force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by two…
§ 404.6 (a) Every person who with the intent to cause a riot does an act or engages in conduct that urges a riot, or urges others to commit acts of force or violence,…
§ 405 Every person who participates in any riot is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one…
§ 405a A person who participates in the taking by means of a riot of another person from the lawful custody of a peace officer is guilty of a felony, punishable by…
§ 406 Whenever two or more persons, assembled and acting together, make any attempt or advance toward the commission of an act which would be a riot if actually…
§ 407 Whenever two or more persons assemble together to do an unlawful act, or do a lawful act in a violent, boisterous, or tumultuous manner, such assembly is an…
§ 408 Every person who participates in any rout or unlawful assembly is guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 409 Every person remaining present at the place of any riot, rout, or unlawful assembly, after the same has been lawfully warned to disperse, except public…
§ 409.3 Whenever law enforcement officers and emergency medical technicians are at the scene of an accident, management of the scene of the accident shall be vested in…
§ 409.5 (a) When a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster,…
§ 409.6 (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by an avalanche, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police…
§ 409.7 (a) If peace officers, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field…
§ 410 If a magistrate or officer, having notice of an unlawful or riotous assembly, mentioned in this Chapter, neglects to proceed to the place of assembly, or as…
§ 412 Any person, who, within this state, engages in, or instigates, aids, encourages, or does any act to further, a pugilistic contest, or fight, or ring or prize…
§ 413 Every person wilfully present as spectator at any fight or contention prohibited in the preceding section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. An information may be…
§ 414 Every person who leaves this state with intent to evade any of the provisions of Section 412 or 413, and to commit any act out of this state such as is…
§ 414a No person, otherwise competent as a witness, is disqualified from testifying as such, concerning any offense under this act, on the ground that such testimony…
§ 415 Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than four hundred…
§ 415.5 (a) Any person who (1) unlawfully fights within any building or upon the grounds of any school, community college, university, or state university or…
§ 416 (a) If two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public peace, or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse on being desired or…
§ 417 (a) (1) Every person who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person, draws or exhibits any deadly weapon whatsoever, other than a firearm, in…
§ 417.25 (a) Every person who, except in self-defense, aims or points a laser scope, as defined in subdivision (b), or a laser pointer, as defined in subdivision (c),…
§ 417.26 (a) Any person who aims or points a laser scope as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 417.25, or a laser pointer, as defined in subdivision (c) of that…
§ 417.27 (a) No person, corporation, firm, or business entity of any kind shall knowingly sell a laser pointer to a person 17 years of age or younger, unless he or she…
§ 417.3 Every person who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person who is an occupant of a motor vehicle proceeding on a public street or highway,…
§ 417.4 Every person who, except in self-defense, draws or exhibits an imitation firearm, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 16700, in a threatening manner…
§ 417.6 (a) If, in the commission of a violation of Section 417 or 417.8, serious bodily injury is intentionally inflicted by the person drawing or exhibiting the…
§ 417.8 Every person who draws or exhibits any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or other deadly weapon, with the intent to resist or prevent the arrest or…
§ 418 Every person using or procuring, encouraging or assisting another to use, any force or violence in entering upon or detaining any lands or other possessions of…
§ 419 Every person who has been removed from any lands by process of law, or who has removed from any lands pursuant to the lawful adjudication or direction of any…
§ 420 Every person who unlawfully prevents, hinders, or obstructs any person from peaceably entering upon or establishing a settlement or residence on any tract of…
§ 420.1 Anyone who willfully and knowingly prevents, hinders, or obstructs any person from entering, passing over, or leaving land in which that person enjoys, either…