California Penal Code

§ 801.7

PEN § 801.7 Effective Jan 1, 2022Title 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding Section 801 or any other law, prosecution for a felony offense described in Section 502 shall be commenced within three years after discovery of the commission of the offense, or within three years after the offense could have reasonably been discovered, provided, however, that in any case a complaint shall not be filed more than six years after the commission of the offense.

(b)This section applies to crimes that are committed on or after January 1, 2022, and to crimes for which the statute of limitations that was in effect prior to January 1, 2022, has not elapsed as of January 1, 2022.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 206, Sec. 1. (AB 1247) Effective January 1, 2022.