California crime code directory

Operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol. One of the two standard California DUI charges, usually filed together with VC 23152(b).

Driving with a blood-alcohol concentration at or above the legal limit of 0.08%, regardless of visible impairment.

Driving while a license is suspended or revoked because of a prior DUI conviction.

Fleeing a pursuing police vehicle while driving with willful disregard for the safety of people or property.

Entering a building, room, or vehicle with intent to commit theft or another felony inside.

Taking property valued at $950 or less that belongs to someone else.

Taking property valued above $950, or certain property such as vehicles or firearms.

Maliciously defacing, damaging, or destroying property that belongs to someone else.

Buying, receiving, concealing, or withholding property known to have been stolen.

Unlawful possession of certain controlled substances for personal use. Usually a misdemeanor since Proposition 47.

Unlawful possession of methamphetamine or similar stimulants for personal use.

Possessing equipment used for unlawfully injecting or smoking a controlled substance.

Willful and unlawful use of force against a spouse, cohabitant, or dating partner. Does not require visible injury.

An assault committed with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, or by means likely to produce great bodily injury.

Willfully inflicting a physical injury resulting in a traumatic condition on an intimate partner.

Being found in a public place under the influence of alcohol or drugs and unable to exercise care for one’s own safety or that of others.

Willfully resisting, delaying, or obstructing a peace officer or EMT performing their duties.

Willfully threatening to commit a crime that would result in death or great bodily injury, causing sustained fear.

Signing another person’s name, or falsifying a document, with intent to defraud.

Willfully obtaining and using another person’s identifying information for an unlawful purpose.