Pen. Code, § 266 · Chapter 1. Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse of Children, and Seduction
Pen. Code, § 266
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A person who inveigles or entices a person under 18 years of age into a house of ill fame, or of assignation, or elsewhere, for the purpose of prostitution, or to have illicit carnal connection with another person, and a person who aids or assists in that inveiglement or enticement, and a person who, by any false pretenses, false representation, or other fraudulent means, procures a person to have illicit carnal connection with another person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 615, Sec. 1. (AB 662) Effective January 1, 2020.
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Cited by 11 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 266. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 136.7Printed as Section 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266f, 285, 286, 287, 288, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 186.2Printed as Section 266
- Pen. Code, § 236.1Printed as Section 266, 266h, 266i, 266j, 267, 311.1, 311.2, 311.3, 311.4, 311.5, 311.6, or 518
- Pen. Code, § 273.7Printed as Sections 240, 242, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266f, 273.5, 273.6, 285, 288, and 289
- Pen. Code, § 290Printed as Section 264.1, 266, or 266c
- Pen. Code, § 667Printed as Sections 266 and 285
- Pen. Code, § 868.5Printed as Section 211, 215, 220, 236.1, 240, 242, 243.4, 245, 261, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266d, 266e, 266f, 266g, 266h, 266i, 266j, 266k, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 273.6, 278, 278.5, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.
- Pen. Code, § 1170.12Printed as Sections 266 and 285
- Pen. Code, § 1203.066Printed as Section 261, 264.1, 266, 266c, 267, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 11160Printed as Section 266, 266a, 266b, or 266c
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