California Penal Code

§ 502.8

PEN § 502.8 Effective Jan 1, 2017Title 13 · Part 1 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)Any person who knowingly advertises illegal telecommunications equipment is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)Any person who possesses or uses illegal telecommunications equipment intending to avoid the payment of any lawful charge for telecommunications service or to facilitate other criminal conduct is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c)Any person found guilty of violating subdivision (b), who has previously been convicted of the same offense, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in state prison, a fine of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or both.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 225. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.