Pen. Code, § 633.5 · Chapter 1.5. Invasion of Privacy
Pen. Code, § 633.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7 do not prohibit one party to a confidential communication from recording the communication for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of the crime of extortion, kidnapping, bribery, any felony involving violence against the person, including, but not limited to, human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1, or a violation of Section 653m, or domestic violence as defined in Section 13700. Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7 do not render any evidence so obtained inadmissible in a prosecution for extortion, kidnapping, bribery, any felony involving violence against the person, including, but not limited to, human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1, a violation of Section 653m, or domestic violence as defined in Section 13700, or any crime in connection therewith.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 191, Sec. 1. (AB 413) Effective January 1, 2018.
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Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 236.1Printed as Section 236.1
- Pen. Code, § 631Printed as Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632Printed as Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632.5Printed as Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632.6Printed as Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 632.7Printed as Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7
- Pen. Code, § 653mPrinted as Section 653m
- Pen. Code, § 13700Printed as Section 13700
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