Pen. Code, § 172g · Chapter 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice
Pen. Code, § 172g
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Every person who, within one-half mile by air line from the intersection of Sierra Vista, Pierce, and Campus Drive streets at the entrance to La Sierra College in the City of Riverside, or within one mile of the grounds or campus of Loma Linda University in the County of San Bernardino, or within one mile of the grounds of the University of Santa Clara in the City of Santa Clara, sells, or exposes for sale, any intoxicating liquor, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the county jail of not less than 50 days nor more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale or exposing or offering for sale of ale, porter, wine, similar fermented malt or vinous liquor or fruit juice containing one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume and not more than 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight nor the sale or exposing or offering for sale of beer.
(c) Distances provided in this section shall be measured not by air line but by following the shortest road or roads connecting the points in question except those applying to La Sierra College.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 43, Sec. 1. (SB 120) Effective June 28, 2013.
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Cited by 5 provisions
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Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 172ePrinted as Sections 172, 172a, 172b, 172d, and 172g of this code
- Pen. Code, § 172fPrinted as Section 172g | Sections 172, 172a, 172b, 172d, and 172g of this code
- Pen. Code, § 172hPrinted as Sections 172, 172a, 172b, 172d and 172g of this code
- Pen. Code, § 172jPrinted as Sections 172, 172a, 172b, 172d, and 172g
- Pen. Code, § 172oPrinted as Sections 172, 172a, 172b, 172d, and 172g
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