Cal. Penal Code § 18
Cal. Penal Code § 18
California · California Penal Code · Status: effective · Effective 2011-09-21
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- Cal. Penal Code § 18, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/886304
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(a) Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any law of this state, every offense declared to be a felony is punishable by imprisonment for 16 months, or two or three years in the state prison unless the offense is punishable pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(b) Every offense which is prescribed by any law of the state to be a felony punishable by imprisonment or by a fine, but without an alternate sentence to the county jail for a period not exceeding one year, may be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine, or by both.