Cal. Codes » Penal Code / PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS / TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS / CHAPTER 1. Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse of Children, and Seduction
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Cal. Penal Code § 266j (2026)

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Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available to another person, a child under the age of 16 for the purpose of any lewd or lascivious act as defined in Section 288, or who causes, induces, or persuades a child under the age of 16 to engage in such an act with another person, is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of three, six, or eight years, and by a fine not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2022 · leading case: Gertsenshteyn v. United States Dep't of Just., 544 F.3d 137 (2d Cir. 2008).
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Gertsenshteyn v. United States Dep't of Just., 544 F.3d 137 (2d Cir. 2008). “, Cal.Penal Code § 266j (criminalizing the intentional transportation of a child under the age of sixteen for the purpose of any lewd or lascivious conduct); Tex.”
People v. Snyder, 14 Cal. App. 4th 1166 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). “Following a jury trial, appellant Alvin Thomas Snyder was convicted of two counts of inducing a child to engage in a lewd or lascivious act (counts 1 & 2/Pen. Code, § 266j); 1 two counts of forcible rape (counts 3 & 6/§ 261, subd.”
Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego, 178 Cal. App. 4th 1382 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009). “[18] Penal Code section 266j makes it a felony to intentionally give, transport, provide, or make available to another person a child under 16 for the purpose of lewd or lascivious acts.”
Joseph v. Johnson, 178 Cal. App. 4th 1404 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009). “” Penal Code section 266j in turn provides, “Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available to another person, a child under the age of 16 for the purpose of any lewd or lascivious act as…”
People v. Putnam CA3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). “(Pen. Code § 266j.) In a separate appeal, this court recently affirmed Thongsy’s conviction and upheld her sentence of nine years four months.”
People v. Gillard CA2/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2022). “(b)(1); counts 5, 20, 22); 28 counts of procuring a child to engage in a lewd act (Pen. Code, § 266j; counts 6–9, 11, 13–16, 21, 25–42); and 10 counts of child molesting (Pen.”
Ni v. Bd. of Registered Nursing CA1/3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2022). “As a result of the police operation, Ni was arrested and the Alameda County District Attorney filed an information charging her with 32 counts, including the several felony offenses for pimping and pandering (Pen. Code, §§ 266j, 266i), and several tax-related offenses including…”
Gertsenshteyn v. Mukasey (2d Cir. 2008). “, Cal. Penal Code § 266j (criminalizing the intentional transportation of a child under the age of sixteen for the purpose of any lewd or lascivious conduct); Tex.”
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