Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 285 — Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature
Cal. Penal Code § 285
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2006-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Persons being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void, who intermarry with each other, or who being 14 years of age or older, commit fornication or adultery with each other, are punishable by imprisonment in the state prison.
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 285 — Bigamy, Incest, and the Crime Against Nature is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Persons being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void, who intermarry with each other, or who being 14 years of age or older, commit fornication or adultery with each other, are punishable by imprisonment in the state prison.