{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-13002","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 13002","heading":"","body":"(a) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who throws or discharges any lighted or nonlighted cigarette, cigar, match, or any flaming or glowing substance, or any substance or thing which may cause a fire upon any highway, including any portion of the right-of-way of any highway, upon any sidewalk, or upon any public or private property. This subdivision does not restrict a private owner in the use of his or her own private property, unless the placing, depositing, or dumping of the waste matter on the property creates a public health and safety hazard, a public nuisance, or a fire hazard, as determined by a local health department, local fire department or fire district, or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in which case this section applies.\n(b) Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a mandatory fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon a second conviction, and by a mandatory fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon a third or subsequent conviction.\nThe court may, in addition to the fine imposed upon a conviction, require as a condition of probation, in addition to any other condition, that any person convicted of a violation of this section pick up litter at a time and place within the jurisdiction of the court for not less than eight hours.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION [13000. - 14959.]","PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [13000. - 13083.]","CHAPTER 1. Liability in Relation to Fires [13000. - 13011.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9cff0c5dbcd0d971fc075b1e262ade9f6785f7fc3fd9c41d829ba7e4b0b3a488","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-13001","next":"us-ca/hsc-13003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}