{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-158","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 158","heading":"","body":"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).","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]"],"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":"b9f5ceaab002e2e8bcc464f23077abd9efda7d233acfed026f282b1973e72021","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-157","next":"us-ca/pen-159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}