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Cal. Penal Code § 311.6 (2026)

Obscene Matter

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Every person who knowingly engages or participates in, manages, produces, sponsors, presents or exhibits obscene live conduct to or before an assembly or audience consisting of at least one person or spectator in any public place or in any place exposed to public view, or in any place open to the public or to a segment thereof, whether or not an admission fee is charged, or whether or not attendance is conditioned upon the presentation of a membership card or other token, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1970–1998 · leading case: Barrows v. Mun. Court, 464 P.2d 483 (Cal. 1970).
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Barrows v. Mun. Court, 464 P.2d 483 (Cal. 1970). · cites it 2× “) Penal Code section 311.6 provides: "Every person who knowingly sings or speaks any obscene song, ballad, or other words, in any public place is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
TINY B., INC. v. City of Newport Beach, 69 Cal. App. 4th 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “) It appears to argue that state law prohibiting obscene conduct in public (Pen. Code, § 311.6) prevents the city from regulating nudity.”
Price v. Price, 4 Cal. App. 3d 941 (Cal. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “Penal Code section 311.6 states, "Every person who knowingly sings or speaks any obscene song, ballard, or other words, in any public place is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
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