{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-13885","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 13885","heading":"","body":"The Legislature hereby finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of sexual offenses are committed against the people of California by a relatively small number of multiple and repeat sex offenders. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends to support efforts of the criminal justice community through a focused effort by law enforcement and prosecuting agencies to identify, locate, apprehend, and prosecute sex offenders.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006. - 14315.]","TITLE 6. CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE [13800. - 13899.]","CHAPTER 9.5. Statewide Sexual Predator Apprehension Team [13885. - 13885.8.]"],"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":"75f7fb1518fd812e0f6acefa9ce55513ac1be35cd71a8ebaa551c9d29c7c4561","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-13884","next":"us-ca/pen-13885.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}