Cal. Penal Code § 4750

A city, county, or superior court shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary costs connected with state prisons or prisoners in connection with any of the following: (a) Any crime committed at a state prison, whether by a prisoner, employee, or other person. With respect to a prisoner, “crime committed at a state prison” as used in this subdivision, includes, but is not limited to, crimes committed by the prisoner while detained in local facilities as a result of a transfer pursuant to Section 2910 or 6253, or in conjunction with any hearing, proceeding, or other activity for which reimbursement is otherwise provided by this section. (b) Any crime committed by a prisoner in furtherance of an escape. Any crime committed by an escaped prisoner within 10 days after the escape and within 100 miles of the facility from which the escape occurred shall be presumed to have been a crime committed in furtherance of an escape. (c) Any hearing on any return of a writ of habeas corpus prosecuted by or on behalf of a prisoner. (d) Any trial or hearing on the question of the sanity of a prisoner. (e) Any costs not otherwise reimbursable under Section 1557 or any other related provision in connection with any extradition proceeding for any prisoner released to hold. (f) Any costs incurred by a coroner in connection with the death of a prisoner. (g) Any costs incurred in transporting a prisoner within the host county or as requested by the prison facility or incurred for increased security while a prisoner is outside a state prison. (h) Any crime committed by a state inmate at a state hospital for the care, treatment, and education of the mentally disordered, as specified in Section 7200 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (i) Commencing January 1, 2012, any nontreatment costs described in subdivision (b) of Section 4117 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (j) No city, county, or other jurisdiction may file, and the state may not reimburse, a claim pursuant to this section that is presented to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or to any other agency or department of the state more than six months after the close of the month in which the costs were incurred.