Pen. Code, § 18715 · Article 1. Prohibited Acts
Pen. Code, § 18715
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Every person who recklessly or maliciously has in possession any destructive device or any explosive in any of the following places is guilty of a felony:
(1) On a public street or highway.
(2) In or near any theater, hall, school, college, church, hotel, or other public building.
(3) In or near any private habitation.
(4) In, on, or near any aircraft, railway passenger train, car, cable road, cable car, or vessel engaged in carrying passengers for hire.
(5) In, on, or near any other public place ordinarily passed by human beings.
(b) An offense under subdivision (a) is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for a period of two, four, or six years.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 531. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Amending action operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68. Section operative January 1, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 10.
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- Pen. Code, § 629.52Printed as Section 18710, 18715, 18720, 18725, 18730, 18740, 18745, 18750, or 18755
- Pen. Code, § 1601Printed as Section 18715, 18725, 18740, 18745, 18750, or 18755
- Pen. Code, § 11418Printed as Section 11411, 11412, 11413, 11418, 11418.1, 11418.5, 11419, 11460, 18715, 18725, or 18740
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