Pen. Code, § 633.02 · Chapter 1.5. Invasion of Privacy
Pen. Code, § 633.02
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits any POST-certified chief of police, assistant chief of police, or police officer of a university or college campus acting within the scope of his or her authority, from overhearing or recording any communication that he or she could lawfully overhear or record prior to January 1, 1968, in any criminal investigation related to sexual assault or other sexual offense.
(b) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 shall prohibit any POST-certified chief of police, assistant chief of police, or police officer of a university or college campus from using or operating body-worn cameras.
(c) This section shall not be construed to affect Section 633.
(d) This section shall not be used to impinge upon the lawful exercise of constitutionally protected rights of freedom of speech or assembly, or the constitutionally protected right of personal privacy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 159, Sec. 1. (SB 424) Effective January 1, 2016.
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Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 631Printed as Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632Printed as Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632.5Printed as Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632.6Printed as Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632.7Printed as Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 633Printed as Section 633
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