Pen. Code, § 205 · Chapter 2. Mayhem
Pen. Code, § 205
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A person is guilty of aggravated mayhem when he or she unlawfully, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the physical or psychological well-being of another person, intentionally causes permanent disability or disfigurement of another human being or deprives a human being of a limb, organ, or member of his or her body. For purposes of this section, it is not necessary to prove an intent to kill. Aggravated mayhem is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole.
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History
Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 785, Sec. 1.
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Cited by 12 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 205. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 186.22Printed as Section 205
- Pen. Code, § 273.4Printed as Section 203, 205, or 206
- Pen. Code, § 667.61Printed as Section 205 or 206
- Pen. Code, § 667.9Printed as Section 203 or 205
- Pen. Code, § 868.5Printed as Section 187, 203, 205, or 207
- Pen. Code, § 1203.06Printed as Section 205
- Pen. Code, § 2933.5Printed as Section 205
- Pen. Code, § 11160Printed as Section 205
- Pen. Code, § 12022.53Printed as Section 203 or 205
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