Pen. Code, § 288.7 · Chapter 5. Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature
Pen. Code, § 288.7
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 25 years to life.
(b) Any person 18 years of age or older who engages in oral copulation or sexual penetration, as defined in Section 289, with a child who is 10 years of age or younger is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of 15 years to life.
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History
Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 337, Sec. 9. Effective September 20, 2006.
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- Pen. Code, § 264Printed as Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 264.1Printed as Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 286Printed as Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 287Printed as Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 289Printed as Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 290Printed as Section 266j, 267, 269, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.3, 288.4, 288.5, 288.7, 289, or 311.1 | Section 269 or 288.7 | Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 290.46Printed as Section 288.7
- 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, § 868.8Printed as Section 220, 236.1, 243.4, 261, 269, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 288.7, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 1192.7Printed as Sections 269, 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 1202.4Printed as Section 288, 288.5, or 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 1203.065Printed as Section 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 1346Printed as Section 220, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 269, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 288.7, 289, or 647.6
- Pen. Code, § 3000.1Printed as Section 269 or 288.7
- Pen. Code, § 3053.8Printed as Section 261, 264.1, 269, 286, 287, 288.5, 288.7, or 289
- Pen. Code, § 4852.01Printed as Section 288.7
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