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Impersonating a State Employee
PEN § 146(a) - Wobbler Maximum fine: $2500 Maximum term: 0.5Y/3Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y False representation as a state government position such as a deputy or clerk, or public officer, investigator, or inspector, if...
Improper Disposal of Hazardous Waste
PEN § 374.8 - Wobbler HSC § 25189.5 - Wobbler Maximum fine: $70,000 Maximum term: 1Y/3Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Illegally depositing toxic, hazardous substances or materials in violation of environmental regulations a...
Improper Lane Use / Failure to Signal
VEH § 22108, 40509 – Infraction or Misdemeanor Maximum fine: $238 Maximum term: 0.5Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Failing to maintain lane discipline or neglecting to signal lane changes or turns.
Inciting A Riot/Rioting
PEN § 404.6, 405 - Misdemeanor Maximum fine: $1000 Maximum term: 1Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Encouraging or provoking a group to initiate, engage in violent or disorderly conduct, acts or force of violence or to burn o...
Indecent Exposure
PEN §314(1) – Wobbler (Infraction, Misdemeanor, Felony) Maximum fine: $1000 Maximum term: 0.5Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y As of 2000, public nudity itself is not considered a crime in California, even though arrests can ...
Interfere with or Hinder Business
PEN § 602.1 - Misdemeanor Maximum fine: $1000 Maximum term: 0.25Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Interfering or obstructing lawful public business establishment operations.
Intimidating a Witness
PEN § 136.1, 137(a), 138(a), 422 - Wobbler Maximum fine: $1000 Maximum term: 1Y/4Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Threatening, bribing, or coercing a witness to report a crime, assist in the arrest, assist prosecution, alter...
Jaywalking
CVC § 21955 - Infraction Maximum fine: $196 Maximum term: N/A Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Jaywalking remains unlawful in California, though as of 2023, police can no longer cite you for jaywalking unless there is an immed...
Juror or Jury Tampering
PEN § 95, 116 - Felony Maximum fine: $10,000 Maximum term: 3Y Probation/parole at home eligible: N Community service eligible: N Attempting to improperly influence the actions or decisions of a juror, jury, or arbitrator to change their verdicts through persua...
Kidnapping
PEN § 207(a), 209.5, 210, 210.5, 236, 278 - Felony Maximum fine: $10,000 Maximum term: 8Y Probation/parole at home eligible: N Community service eligible: N Unlawfully seizing, confining, or transporting another person a substantial distance, without consent, ...
Leaving the Scene of an Accident (Hit-and-Run)
VEH § 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004 - Wobbler Maximum fine: $1000/$10,000 Maximum term: 0.5Y/4Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Failing to stop or leaving the scene of a vehicular accident without providing information, exchange...
Lewd Conduct
PEN § 288, 647(a) - Misdemeanor Maximum fine: $1000 Maximum term: 0.5Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Engage in lewd acts in a public place or within public view. Lewd acts are described as the touching of private parts for ...
Littering
PEN § 374.4 - Infraction Maximum fine: $1000 Maximum term: N/A Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y It is unlawful to willful or negligent throwing, dropping, placing, depositing, or sweeping, or causing any such acts, litter or c...
Loitering to Commit a Crime
PEN § 303(a), 416, 602, 647, 653.22 653(b) – Wobbler HSC § 11532 - Wobbler Maximum fine: 0.5Y/3Y Maximum term: $1000 Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Under California law, “loitering” itself is not a crime, much to the chagrin...
Looting
PEN § 463 - Wobbler Maximum fine: $10,000 Maximum term: 1Y/3Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y It is illegal to commit burglary during an official emergency or after declaration of an evacuation order which is the act of steal...
Manslaughter
PEN § 192 - Felony Maximum fine: $10,000 Maximum term: 11Y Probation/parole at home eligible: N Community service eligible: N Unintentional the unlawful killing of a human being upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion.” In order to be charged with this crime,...
Manufacture or Creation of a Destructive Device
PEN § 16590, 18710, 18720 - Felony Maximum fine: $10,000 Maximum term: 4Y Probation/parole at home eligible: N Community service eligible: N Creating, assembling, or possessing materials, to forge explosive or destructive devices unlawfully.
Misuse of Emergency Services
PEN § 148, 422, 653 – Wobbler (Infraction, Misdemeanor) Maximum fine: $250/$10,000 Maximum term: 1Y Probation/parole at home eligible: Y Community service eligible: Y Calling emergency services such as: fire, crime, bomb threat, criminal threat, false identifi...