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Cal. Penal Code § 374.7 (2026)

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(a)A person who litters or causes to be littered, or dumps or causes to be dumped, waste matter into a bay, lagoon, channel, river, creek, slough, canal, lake, or reservoir, or other stream or body of water, or upon a bank, beach, or shore within 150 feet of the high water mark of a stream or body of water, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)A person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) shall be punished by a mandatory fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon a first conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) upon a second conviction, and by a mandatory fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) upon a third or subsequent conviction.

(c)The court may, in addition to the fine imposed upon a conviction, require as a condition of probation, in addition to any other condition of probation, that any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a), pick up litter at a time and place within the jurisdiction of the court for not less than eight hours.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001).
Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001). · cites it 2× “, Cal. Penal Code Ann. § 374.7 (West 1999); Ga.”
Lange v. California, 594 U.S. 295 (2021). “See Cal. Penal Code Ann. §374.7(a) (2020). And to “negligently cut” a plant “growing upon pub- lic land.”
People v. Ramsey, 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2548 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000). “(a)), and littering of a stream bank (Pen. Code, § 374.7, subd. (a)). Appellant pleaded not guilty.”
Lange v. California, 594 U.S. 295 (2021). “See Cal. Penal Code Ann. §374.7(a) (2020). And to “negligently cut” a plant “growing upon pub- lic land.”
Lange v. California (2021). “See Cal. Penal Code Ann. §374.7(a) (2020). And to “negligently cut” a plant “growing upon pub- lic land.”
— Cal. Penal Code § 374.7(a) — 3 cases
Lange v. California, 594 U.S. 295 (2021). “See Cal. Penal Code Ann. §374.7(a) (2020). And to “negligently cut” a plant “growing upon pub- lic land.”
Lange v. California, 594 U.S. 295 (2021). “See Cal. Penal Code Ann. §374.7(a) (2020). And to “negligently cut” a plant “growing upon pub- lic land.”
Lange v. California (2021). “See Cal. Penal Code Ann. §374.7(a) (2020). And to “negligently cut” a plant “growing upon pub- lic land.”
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