California Penal Code

§ 158

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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PEN § 158 Effective Sep 27, 1983Title 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

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Common barratry is the practice of exciting groundless judicial proceedings, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months and by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 246. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.