Pen. Code, § 290.005 · Chapter 5.5. Sex Offenders
Pen. Code, § 290.005
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The following persons shall register in accordance with the Act:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d), any person who, since July 1, 1944, has been, or is hereafter convicted in any other court, including any state, federal, or military court, of any offense that, if committed or attempted in this state, based on the elements of the convicted offense or facts admitted by the person or found true by the trier of fact or stipulated facts in the record of military proceedings, would have been punishable as one or more of the offenses described in subdivision (c) of Section 290, including offenses in which the person was a principal, as defined in Section 31.
(b) Any person ordered by any other court, including any state, federal, or military court, to register as a sex offender for any offense, if the court found at the time of conviction or sentencing that the person committed the offense as a result of sexual compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), any person who would be required to register while residing in the state of conviction for a sex offense committed in that state.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a person convicted in another state of an offense similar to one of the following offenses who is required to register in the state of conviction shall not be required to register in California unless the out-of-state offense, based on the elements of the conviction offense or proven or stipulated facts in the record of conviction, contains all of the elements of a registerable California offense described in subdivision (c) of Section 290:
(1) Indecent exposure, pursuant to Section 314.
(2) Unlawful sexual intercourse, pursuant to Section 261.5.
(3) Incest, pursuant to Section 285.
(4) Sodomy, pursuant to Section 286, or oral copulation, pursuant to Section 287 or former Section 288a, provided that the offender notifies the Department of Justice that the sodomy or oral copulation conviction was for conduct between consenting adults, as described in Section 290.019, and the department is able, upon the exercise of reasonable diligence, to verify that fact.
(5) Pimping, pursuant to Section 266h, or pandering, pursuant to Section 266i.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 423, Sec. 53. (SB 1494) Effective January 1, 2019.
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Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 31Printed as Section 31
- Pen. Code, § 261.5Printed as Section 261.5
- Pen. Code, § 266hPrinted as Section 266h
- Pen. Code, § 266iPrinted as Section 266i
- Pen. Code, § 285Printed as Section 285
- Pen. Code, § 286Printed as Section 286
- Pen. Code, § 287Printed as Section 287
- Pen. Code, § 290Printed as Section 290
- Pen. Code, § 290.019Printed as Section 290.019
- Pen. Code, § 314Printed as Section 314
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