Pen. Code, § 18755 · Article 1. Prohibited Acts
Pen. Code, § 18755
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Every person who willfully and maliciously explodes or ignites any destructive device or any explosive that causes the death of any person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole.
(b) Every person who willfully and maliciously explodes or ignites any destructive device or any explosive that causes mayhem or great bodily injury to any person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=18755.
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Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 18755. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 629.52Printed as Section 18710, 18715, 18720, 18725, 18730, 18740, 18745, 18750, or 18755
- Pen. Code, § 629.82Printed as Section 18750 or 18755
- Pen. Code, § 667.5Printed as Section 18745, 18750, or 18755
- Pen. Code, § 667.7Printed as Section 18755
- Pen. Code, § 1601Printed as Section 18715, 18725, 18740, 18745, 18750, or 18755
- Pen. Code, § 4852.03Printed as Section 187, 209, 219, 4500, or 18755 of this code
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