California Penal Code

§ 1463.011

PEN § 1463.011 Effective Jan 1, 2012Title 11 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a court, during the course of its routine process to collect fees, fines, forfeitures, or other penalties imposed by a court due to a citation issued for the violation of a state or local law, obtains information indicating that a person under 25 years of age, who has been issued a citation for truancy, loitering, curfew violations, or illegal lodging that is outstanding or unpaid, is homeless or has no permanent address, the court shall not garnish the wages or levy against bank accounts of that person until that person is 25 years of age or older, as that age is recorded by that person’s credit report or other document already in the possession of, or previously provided to, the court.

(b)For purposes of this section a person is considered to be “homeless” or as having “no permanent address” if that person does not have a fixed, regular, adequate nighttime residence, or has a primary nighttime residence that is one of the following:

(1)A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including, but not limited to, welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 466, Sec. 2. (AB 1111) Effective January 1, 2012.