Penal Code § 288.7

CHAPTER 5. Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 288.7Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 337, Sec. 9. Effective September 20, 2006.

(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.