Pen. Code, § 381d · Title 10. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Pen. Code, § 381d
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person who dispenses or distributes nitrous oxide to a person, and knows or should know that the person is going to use the nitrous oxide in violation of Section 381b, and that person proximately causes great bodily injury or death to himself, herself, or another person, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail, not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) This section shall not preclude prosecution under any other law.
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History
Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 458, Sec. 1. (AB 1735) Effective January 1, 2015.
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