California Penal Code

§ 5065.5

PEN § 5065.5 Effective Jan 1, 2017Title 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)A person or entity that enters into a contract with a criminal offender for the sale of the story of a crime for which the offender was convicted shall notify the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that the parties have entered into a contract for sale of the offender’s story if both of the following conditions are met:

(1)The offender’s conviction was for any offense specified in paragraph (1), except voluntary manslaughter, (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (16), (17), (20), (22), (25), (34), or (35) of subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7.

(2)Subdivision (b) of Section 340.3 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not preclude commencement of a civil action against the criminal offender.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 241. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.