{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-16120","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 16120","heading":"","body":"As used in this part, “abuse” means any of the following:\n(a) Intentionally or recklessly to cause or attempt to cause bodily injury.\n(b) Sexual assault.\n(c) To place a person in reasonable apprehension of imminent serious bodily injury to that person or to another.\n(d) To molest, attack, strike, stalk, destroy personal property, or violate the terms of a domestic violence protective order issued pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 10 of the Family Code.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [16000. - 17360.]","DIVISION 2. DEFINITIONS [16100. - 17360.]"],"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":"45475f9e3834e8538aebeb7590d33a6361aed85039e21641078f563ee50dfb1c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-16110","next":"us-ca/pen-16130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}