Pen. Code, § 311.10 · Chapter 7.5. Obscene Matter
Pen. Code, § 311.10
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any person who advertises for sale or distribution any obscene matter knowing that it depicts a person under the age of 18 years personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct, as defined in Section 311.4, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to the activities of law enforcement and prosecution agencies in the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses.
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History
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 311.10. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 290Printed as Section 311.3, 311.4, 311.10, 311.11, or 647.6 | Section 311.3, 311.4, or 311.10
- Pen. Code, § 290.46Printed as Section 311.10
- Pen. Code, § 311.12Printed as Section 311.1, 311.2, 311.3, 311.10, or 311.11
- Pen. Code, § 502.01Printed as Section 288, 288.2, 311.1, 311.2, 311.3, 311.4, 311.5, 311.10, 311.11, 422, 470, 470a, 472, 475, 476, 480, 483.5, 484g | Section 288, 288.2, 311.1, 311.2, 311.3, 311.4, 311.5, 311.10, 311.11, 470, 470a, 472, 475, 476, 480, 483.5, 484g | Section 288, 288.2, 311.1, 311.2, 311.3, 311.4, 311.5, 311.10,
- 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.
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