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Cal. PEN § 11414

California Statutes

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a) Any person who intentionally harasses the child or ward of any other person because of that person’s employment shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. (

b) For purposes of this section, the following

definitions shall apply: (1) “Child” and “ward” mean a person under years of age. (2) “Harasses” means knowing and willful conduct directed at a specific child or ward that seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorizes the child or ward, and that serves no legitimate purpose, including, but not limited to, that conduct occurring during the course of any actual or attempted recording of the child’s or ward’s image or voice, or both, without the express consent of the parent or legal guardian of the child or ward, by following the child’s or ward’s activities or by lying in wait.

The conduct must be such as would cause a reasonable child to suffer substantial emotional distress, and actually cause the victim to suffer substantial emotional distress. (3) “Employment” means the job, vocation, occupation, or profession of the parent or legal guardian of the child or ward. (

c) A second conviction under this

section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than five days but not exceeding one year. A third or subsequent conviction under this

section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) and by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than days but not exceeding one year. (

d) Upon a violation of this section, the parent or legal guardian of an aggrieved child or ward may bring a civil action against the violator on behalf of the child or ward. The remedies in that civil action shall be limited to one or more of the following: actual damages, punitive damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, disgorgement of any compensation from the sale, license, or dissemination of a child’s image or voice received by the individual who, in violation of this section, recorded the child’s image or voice, and injunctive relief against further violations of this

section by the individual. (

e) The act of transmitting, publishing, or broadcasting a recording of the image or voice of a child does not constitute a violation of this section. (

f) This

section does not preclude prosecution under any

section of law that provides for greater punishment.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. PEN § 11414
Date2014-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierPEN11414.20133481

Terrorizing

Cal. PEN § 11414

California Statutes

Terrorizing

Cal. PEN § 11414

California Statutes

(

a) Any person who intentionally harasses the child or ward of any other person because of that person’s employment shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. (

b) For purposes of this section, the following

definitions shall apply: (1) “Child” and “ward” mean a person under years of age. (2) “Harasses” means knowing and willful conduct directed at a specific child or ward that seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorizes the child or ward, and that serves no legitimate purpose, including, but not limited to, that conduct occurring during the course of any actual or attempted recording of the child’s or ward’s image or voice, or both, without the express consent of the parent or legal guardian of the child or ward, by following the child’s or ward’s activities or by lying in wait.

The conduct must be such as would cause a reasonable child to suffer substantial emotional distress, and actually cause the victim to suffer substantial emotional distress. (3) “Employment” means the job, vocation, occupation, or profession of the parent or legal guardian of the child or ward. (

c) A second conviction under this

section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than five days but not exceeding one year. A third or subsequent conviction under this

section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) and by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than days but not exceeding one year. (

d) Upon a violation of this section, the parent or legal guardian of an aggrieved child or ward may bring a civil action against the violator on behalf of the child or ward. The remedies in that civil action shall be limited to one or more of the following: actual damages, punitive damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, disgorgement of any compensation from the sale, license, or dissemination of a child’s image or voice received by the individual who, in violation of this section, recorded the child’s image or voice, and injunctive relief against further violations of this

section by the individual. (

e) The act of transmitting, publishing, or broadcasting a recording of the image or voice of a child does not constitute a violation of this section. (

f) This

section does not preclude prosecution under any

section of law that provides for greater punishment.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. PEN § 11414
Date2014-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierPEN11414.20133481