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PEN § 158

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Penal Code - PEN
  2. PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]
  3. TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]
  4. CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]

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).

Collected 2026-09-14T05:56:33Z. Source file · JSON

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