{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-263.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 263.1","heading":"","body":"(a) The Legislature finds and declares that all forms of nonconsensual sexual assault may be considered rape for purposes of the gravity of the offense and the support of survivors.\n(b) This section is declarative of existing law.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261. - 368.7.]","CHAPTER 1. Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse of Children, and Seduction [261. - 269.]"],"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":"9e69bf6887bd650ec4aaa469e770846e3a5b8a6ea1c99e2289735f4fa4d59245","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-263","next":"us-ca/pen-264"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}