California Penal Code

§ 636.6

PEN § 636.6 Effective Jan 1, 2026Title 15 · Part 1 · Ch. 1.5

Statute text

(a)(1) A person who manufactures, imports, markets, purchases, sells, or operates a signal jammer, unless authorized to do so by the Federal Communications Commission, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense.

(2)A second or subsequent violation of paragraph (1) is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding year, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b)A person who operates a signal jammer in conjunction with the commission of a misdemeanor or felony is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 458, Sec. 1. (SB 701) Effective January 1, 2026.