California Penal Code

§ 152

PEN § 152 Effective Jan 1, 2000Title 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(a)Every person who, having knowledge of an accidental death, actively conceals or attempts to conceal that death, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b)For purposes of this section, “to actively conceal an accidental death” means any of the following:

(1)To perform an overt act that conceals the body or directly impedes the ability of authorities or family members to discover the body.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 396, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.