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Additional Provisions Regarding Criminal Procedure — California Penal Code — Time Of Commencing Criminal Actions — Prosecution for offense punishable by imprisonment

Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

Except as provided in Sections 799 and 800, prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 shall be commenced within three years after commission of the offense.

Ca. Pen. Code § 801
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 (AB 117),s 68, eff. 6/30/2011.
Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 (AB 109),s 446, eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program.