Pen. Code, § 374.7 · Title 10. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Pen. Code, § 374.7
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person who litters or causes to be littered, or dumps or causes to be dumped, waste matter into a bay, lagoon, channel, river, creek, slough, canal, lake, or reservoir, or other stream or body of water, or upon a bank, beach, or shore within 150 feet of the high water mark of a stream or body of water, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) shall be punished by a mandatory fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) upon a second conviction, and by a mandatory fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) upon a third or subsequent conviction.
(c) The court may, in addition to the fine imposed upon a conviction, require as a condition of probation, in addition to any other condition of probation, that any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a), pick up litter at a time and place within the jurisdiction of the court for not less than eight hours.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 416, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2007.
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 374.7. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 374aPrinted as Section 374c, 374.2, 374.3, 374.4, or 374.7
- Pen. Code, § 853.6Printed as Section 374.3 or 374.7 of this code
- Pen. Code, § 1202.51Printed as Section 372, 373a, 374.3, 374.4, 374.7, or 374.8
- Pen. Code, § 1204.1Printed as Sections 374.2, 374.3, 374.5, 374.7, 374.8, 597, 653o, 653p, and 653q of the Penal Code
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