Criminal Code
TITLE I - PUNISHABLE CRIMES
Crimes Against the Person
100.01 First Degree Murder
Any person who causes the death of a person with premeditated intent that can be proven to be deliberate, planned, and targeted shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 600 + 30 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.01(a) Attempted First Degree Murder
Any person who takes actions that could reasonably be expected to cause the death of a person with premeditated intent that can be proven to be deliberate, planned, and targeted shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 300 + 30 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.02 Second Degree Murder
Any person who unlawfully or intentionally causes the death of a person without premeditation; OR causes the death of a person from reckless actions and/or disregard for human life, and was otherwise unplanned while intentionally engaged in a separate felony shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 600 + 30 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.02(a) Attempted Second Degree Murder
Any person who takes actions that could reasonably be expected to cause the death of a person without premeditation shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 300 + 30 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.03 Solicitation of Murder
Any person who intends to commit murder through hiring a hitman or coercing someone to kill someone else and can be proven by payment of money or a plan of action shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 60 + 35 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.04 Accessory to Murder
Any person who assists another in committing murder, of which was proven to be premeditated, but did not kill any other person directly, shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 45 + 35 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.05 Voluntary Manslaughter
a. Any person who intentionally causes the death of another person due to mitigating circumstances without the intention to kill or harm the person shall be found guilty under this code. b. Mitigating circumstances includes, but is not limited to, being provoked, in terror, frightened, coerced, intimidated, or desperate.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 60 + 35 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.06 Involuntary Manslaughter
Any person who unintentionally causes the death of a person without the intention to kill or harm the person and the result of the death occurs from an improper use of reasonable care or skill with recklessness in commission of a lawful act or when the death occurs while in the commission of an unlawful act that is not a felony shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 45 + 20 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.07 Vehicular Manslaughter
Any person who causes the death of another person with a vehicle, without intent, due to the recklessness or negligence of the driver shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 45 + 20 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.08 Battery
Any person who intentionally makes unpermitted harmful or offensive contact with another person, to include hitting a person or spitting on them, shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 Felony + 15 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.09 Assault
Any person who makes a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 20 Felony + 10 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.1 Assault with a Deadly Weapon
a. Any person who makes a threat of force against another individual or a group of individuals that involves the use of a deadly weapon without legal justification or excuse shall be found guilty under this code. A deadly weapon, defined as a tool that can easily and readily replicate death, must be present even though it is not actively applied or fired during the commission of the crime for this charge to be applied.
b. The deadly weapon must be shown or displayed as a threat of force, or otherwise used to force others into doing the suspects' will against the individual's own wishes.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 45 + 30 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.11 False Imprisonment
Any person who restricts the movement of another person’s movement within any area without justification or lawful detainment shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 20 + 20 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.12 Kidnapping
Any person who unlawfully seizes and carries away a person by force, fraud, coercion, intimidation, threat of violence, or blackmail; OR seizes and detains a person against their will with an intent to carry that person away at a later time shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: This charge does not stack with ‘hostage taking’.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 25 + 15 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.12 Hostage Taking
Any person who seizes or detains an individual coupled with the threat to kill, injure, or continue to detain in order to compel a third party to take action shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 10 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.13 Human Trafficking
Any person who recruits, transports, transfers, harbors or receives persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or by giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: This charge does not stack with ‘kidnapping’.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 100
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.14 Uttering Threats
Any person who knowingly utters, conveys or causes a person to receive a threat of: death or bodily harm and/or the destruction of personal property shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: On duty law enforcement officers cannot be a victim of this crime.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.15 Torture and Mutilation
Any person who intentionally harms another individual with the intent to inflict severe pain and suffering, both mental and physical, for the purposes of obtaining information, punishing an individual, or fulfilling a personal agenda shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 70 + 20 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.16 Violation of a Restraining Order
Any person who has violated the terms of any civil protection order against them shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 100 on first / 200 subsequent charges
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.17 Reckless Endangerment
Any person who, with extreme indifference to human life, recklessly engages in conduct which creates a risk of serious physical injury to another person shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: Does not stack with ‘reckless driving’.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
100.18 Possession of Human Remains
Any person who has human remains in their possession, without reasonable justification under the law such as: burials, autopsies, removal of the dead, ect., shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.19 Desecration of Human Remains
a. Any person who commits any act after the death of a human being that causes human remains to be devoured, dismembered, scattered, dissipated, used in rituals or profane displays, removed from a grave, or otherwise unduly damaged shall be found guilty under this code.
b. This does not apply to actions taken by a state agency for actions such as gathering or removing crime scene evidence and committing forensic examination, autopsy, cremation or burial, organ donation, use of a cadaver for medical education, or any necessary procedures to identify or remove human remains by the proper authorities.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 50
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.2 Desecration of a Grave
Any person who disturbs, defaces, vandalizes, destroys, tampers, or changes location of any casket or other repository of human remains, tombstone, headstone, or monument, including but not limited to flowers, shall be found guilty under this code
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.21 Stalking
Any person who repeatedly follows and harasses another person with the intent to instill fear or injury shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
100.22 Harassment
Any person who repeatedly antagonizes or otherwise gives unwanted verbal or other communication towards another person after being requested to cease said communications shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
100.23 Incitement
Any person who offers money, influences, or persuades another person to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person asked to commit the crime shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
100.24 Identity Theft
a. Any person who, without consent of the owner, uses another individual’s personal identifying information for personal gain or profit shall be found guilty of this code. b. Personal identifying information includes but is not limited to: name, date of birth, phone number, ID Card or license, state ID.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
100.25 Possession of a Stolen Identification
Any person who possesses the identification card or individual license of another citizen without consent shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
Crimes Against Property
200.01 Breaking and Entering
Any person who enters a residence or other enclosed property without authorization without the intent to steal property or other offense shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
200.02 Burglary
Any person who unlawfully enters into a dwelling, residence, or property with the intent of committing a criminal act while on said property, excluding breaking and entering, shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: Does not stack with breaking and entering
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 25 + 10 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
200.03 Possession of Burglarious Tools
Any person charged with 200.01 or 200.02 while possessing burglarious tools (such as, but not limited to, lockpicks, advanced lockpicks, and/or toolset) shall be guilty of this code and have the items confiscated.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
200.04 Shoplifting
Any person who enters a commercial establishment while said establishment is open during normal business hours and has intent to steal property shall be found guilty under this code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
200.05 Petty Larceny
Any unauthorized person who takes and removes personal property not by force or intimidation of another individual who intends to permanently deprive the owner of it below $10,000 in value shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: Vehicle theft should refer to Grand Theft Auto, Use without Authority, or Possession of Stolen Property.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10 + 5 per aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official.
200.06 Grand Larceny
Any unauthorized person who takes and removes personal property not by force or intimidation of another individual who intends to permanently deprive the owner of it above $10,000 in value shall be found guilty under this code.
Note: Vehicle theft should refer to Grand Theft Auto, Use without Authority, or Possession of Stolen Property.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 10 aggravated*
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
*The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official.
200.07 Embezzlement
Any person who is in a position of trust, such as an employee or government official, who fraudulently takes or uses another’s property shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 40
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
200.08 Grand Theft Automobile
a. Any person who operates a motor vehicle without consent of the registered owner with the intent to permanently deprive them of the vehicle with non violent means shall be found guilty under this code.
b. Proof of permission can be shown in evidence by presenting the keys of the vehicle or from verification from the owner.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 10 per aggravated
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
200.09 Use without Authority
a. A person who operates a motor vehicle that they do not own or have permission from the owner to operate the vehicle as a means for conveyance without the intention of keeping it shall be found guilty under this code. b. The owner of the motor vehicle may withdraw permission at any point while it is in possession of another person
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
200.1 Hijacking
Any person who uses force and/or violence to remove an individual from a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 40 + 15 per aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
The victim was an on-duty LEO, a government official, or a deadly weapon was used.
200.11 Robbery
Any person who takes money or goods from the possession of another, from their immediate person or immediate presence, by force or intimidation shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 10 per aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
200.12 Robbery of Jewelry from a License Dealer
Any person who takes, steals, or removes jewelry from a licensed jeweler by force, intimidation, coercion, and/or violence shall be found guilty under this code.
S. Does not stack with ‘robbery’.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
**No aggravated additions due to the type of crime that occurs.
200.13 Bank Robbery
Any person who takes, steals, or removes money or property from the bank by force, intimidation, coercion and/or violence shall be found guilty under this code.
S. Does not stack with ‘robbery’.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
200.14 Theft of Services
Any person who purposefully acquires services that are reasonably known to be available only for compensation, by deception or threat, or other means, including but not limited to mechanical or electronic devices or through fraudulent statements, to avoid payment for the service shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 15 / Felony if value over $10,000
Bail Amount: N/A
200.15 Fraud
Any person who commits an act which by deceit, falsehood or fraudulent means defrauds the public or any person, whether ascertained or not, of any property, money, or valuable or any service shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + return of defrauded goods/money
Bail Amount: N/A
200.16 Vandalism
Any person who damages or destroys property belonging to another with malicious intent that is lesser than ‘Destruction of Property’ shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10 + 5 and Felony if aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
The property is government owned
200.17 Destruction of Property
Any person who intentionally, targetted, and/or willfully destroys property belonging to another that rules in major or total damages shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 15 + 5 and Felony if aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
200.18 Arson
Any person who intentionally destroys property by means of explosion or fire (using thermite on a bank vault, blowing up a vehicle, setting a house or dumpster on fire, ect.) shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 10 and Felony if aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
200.19 Trespassing
Any person who willfully enters upon or remains on any property after being given notice against entering or remaining that is given by a property owner, an agent acting officially on behalf of the owner, a government official, or a law enforcement officer (whether verbal, written, posted or otherwise) shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10 or removal from property
Bail Amount: N/A
200.2 Trespassing on Restricted Government Property
a. Any person who is not authorized to enter upon the soil of a restricted area 100 feet radius of the State Penitentiary, except in the visitors area or parking lot, or within restricted areas of other government buildings such as, but not limited to, the areas beyond the lobby of Law Enforcement Stations, the Judge's Chambers of Court Houses, Military Bases, Palmer Tayler Power Station and Los Santos Department of Water and Power ect., shall be found guilty of this code. b. Violators shall be given a lawful order to leave first. If they refuse to heed the order, then charges may be levied.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
200.21 Illegal Occupation
a. Any person who disrupts, disturbs, or halts the standard operations of a facility or the movement of the staff within that facility with an unwelcome presence shall be found guilty of this code. b. Illegal Occupation requires a threat of force or a refusal to vacate the premises upon receiving a lawful order or eviction request from the premise’s staff.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): First occurance removed from property. Max of 15 for subsequent. Felony and 15 for aggravated.
Bail Amount: N/A
The property is government owned
200.22 Hacking or Tampering
Any person who uses malicious software and/or hardware to subvert and bypass digital security in electronic devices, computers, phones, or any other digital asset shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
200.23 Bomb Threat
a. Any person who (without political motive) threatens to bomb or destroy a government building, place of public gathering, or any other building or structure, or place used for human occupancy; OR reports, conveys, or repeats any information knowing such information to be false; any threat to bomb, use explosive device, or cause mass destruction shall be found guilty of this code. b. It shall not be a defense under this code, that the threatened bombing or destruction was a hoax or false.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
200.24 Use of Explosives / Bombing
Any person who unlawfully uses an explosive device, incendiary device, or bomb (a destructive device is any device that is capable of causing: death, serious bodily damage, or substantial material damage or the dissemination or impact of toxic chemicals, biological agents or similar substances); to alter or destroy a government building, structure, or place used for human occupancy shall be found guilty of this code.
S. If the use of the explosive device, incendiary device, or bomb was during the act of a robbery, this charge shall not apply.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
200.25 Possession of Stolen Property
Any person who knowingly possesses, receives, or retains stolen property shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
200.26 Possession of Stolen First Responder Property
Any person who knowingly possesses, receives, or retains stolen property that constitutes first responder equipment, including but not limited to, police, fire, or medical equipment, shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
Crimes Against Public Justice
300.01 Escaping Custody
Any person who flees the lawful custody or a law enforcement officer after detainment, arrest, or confinement shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.02 Jail / Prison Break
The act of an individual, or a group of individuals, using means of aggression, lethal force, or other acts to attempt to or successfully coerce the release of, or forcefully gain access and remove an individual who is serving an active sentence, whether in the holding cells, jails, prison, or psychiatric hold to any other location shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.03 Extortion
The act of theft, misappropriation, or fraudulent conversion of funds or property placed in one’s trust by an employer, legal contract, or financial obligation shall be found guilty of this code. Additionally, it includes threats and attempts, as a full charge, to obtain funds or property that one is not legally entitled to.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.04 Bribery
Any person who attempts to materially persuade a government official, government employee, law enforcement officer, or other person who works for the government to use their position to commit an illegal act or to ignore the existence of an illegal act willfully shall be found guilty of this code. Bribery is also applied to the knowing acceptance of such persuasion.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.05 Obstruction of Justice
Any person who unlawfully hinders the discovery, apprehension, conviction, defense, or punishment of anyone who has committed a crime or of evidence shall be found guilty of this code.
Examples are, but not limited to: providing false information to peace officers while being detained/arrested, destroying or tampering with evidence, or utilizing any violence or physical threat against a witness, law enforcement officer, or court official to prevent justice from being served, or intentionally breaking laws to gain the attention of a law enforcement officer.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): LEO: 30 + Felony as LEO. Judge: Wobbler and sentence at judge's discretion. Felony if issued with Contempt of Court.
Bail Amount: N/A
300.06 Failure to Obey a Lawful Order🔗
Any person who fails to respond and comply with a lawfully given order shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.07 Failure to Identify To A Peace Officer
a. Any person who fails to identify one’s self while being detained on reasonable suspicion after being lawfully requested by a peace officer shall be found guilty of this code. b. Identification can be made by surrendering a state-issued driver's license or identification card or by providing a full name and date of birth to the peace officer.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.08 False Impersonation of Government Official/Attorney
a. Any person who intentionally or neglectfully pretends to be a Government Official shall be found guilty of this code. b. Government Officials include law enforcement officers, judges, doctors, BAR certified attorneys acting under the government's authority.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.09 Resisting Arrest
Any person who uses non-lethal evasion while being handcuffed while being arrested or detained shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.1 Fleeing and Eluding (by foot)
Any person who, while on foot or operating a non-motor vehicle, intentionally flees from a person they know to be a law enforcement officer attempting lawfully to arrest or detain them shall be found guilty of this code.
S. Does not stack with Evading Arrest
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.11 Evading Arrest
Any person who operates a motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft while fleeing from a law enforcement officer attempting to arrest or detain them shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 15 as felony if aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
Reckless endangerment of the public, evading in the commission of a felony.
300.12 Wasting Government Resources
Any person who intentionally reports to any emergency service agency (including but not limited to: law enforcement, dispatch operators, and San Andreas Fire Rescue) the existence of a medical emergency, safety emergency, mass casualty incident, or terroristic act to which they know does not exist and which elicits a use of emergency services resources to respond to the report shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 35 + 5 if subsequent
Bail Amount: N/A
300.13 False Report
Any person who intentionally makes a false statement to an on-duty law enforcement officer or 911, including prank calls, shall be found guilty of violating this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.14 Tampering with Evidence
Any person who willfully and intentionally destroys or attempts to destroy creates, or attempts to create false evidence, conceal, or alter any evidence that can later potentially be used in a criminal investigation or court proceeding is guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.15 Contempt of Court
Any person who willfully engages in contemptuous conduct, defined as failure to comply with a court order or subpoena (including failure to appear), disobeys, resists, or interferes with a lawful order or process of the court, misbehaves or creates a disturbance in the presence of the court in an attempt to obstruct justice, disrespects or insults the court (or its officers) intending to undermine the authority of dignity thereof, is belligerent, disobedient or disrespectful to the court (or its officers), or engages in poor conduct outside of the courtroom, shall be found guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): Judge's discretion based on circumstances
Bail Amount: N/A
300.16 Perjury
Any person who submits a false statement while under oath or affirmation shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): Judge's discretion based on circumstances
Bail Amount: N/A
300.17 Violation of Bail Bond Terms
a. Any person who violates the terms of their bail bond as agreed upon by the court shall be found guilty of this code. b. Any person who violates the terms of the bail bond shall have their bail bond revoked and must return to custody. If a person does not voluntarily return to custody, a bench warrant will be issued for arrest.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): Judge's discretion based on circumstances
Bail Amount: N/A
300.18 Endangerment of a Police Service Animal
Any person who willfully interferes, obstructs, frightens, teases, agitates, harasses, hinders a police service animal used by San Andreas Law Enforcement Officers in the performance of their duties shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 40 + 20 as felony if aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
The police service animal was beat, kicked, struck, injured, disabled, or death was caused.
300.19 Harboring Criminals
Any person who willfully and knowingly hides or harbors a criminal who has escaped custody or is currently wanted by law enforcement officers in their home, property, vehicle, or other secured facility and/or knowingly provides a criminal with instructions or information to help them further evade police custody shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.2 Unlawful Possession of Unauthorized Police/Fireman Badges
It shall be unlawful for anyone except a police officer or firefighter to have any police/fireman badge issued by the State of San Andreas, Blaine County, or the City of Los Santos.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.21 Unlawful to Cross Guard Lines at Fire
It shall be unlawful for any person to go or remain within any building in which there is a fire or within the guard lines established by law enforcement or fire personnel at and near any fire unless such person is a regular member of the Fire Department or Law Enforcement, or wears or carries an official badge, card.
This section may be enforced by a San Andreas Fire Rescue Marshall and enforcement action by a Fire Marshall is permissible.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.22 Tampering or altering a fire alarm apparatus or equipment
Any person who wilfully and without cause tampers with, injures or breaks any public or private fire alarm apparatus, emergency phone, radio, or other wire or signal, or any fire-fighting equipment, or who wilfully and without having reasonable grounds for believing a fire exists, sends, gives, transmits, or sounds any false alarm of fire, by shouting in a public place or by means of any public or private fire alarm system or signal, or by telephone, is guilty of this crime.
This section may be enforced by a San Andreas Fire Rescue Marshall and enforcement action by a Fire Marshall is permissible.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
300.23 Possession of Counterfeit or Marked Bills
a. It is illegal for any person to have counterfeit or marked bills on their person. b. It shall not be a defense that the person possessing the counterfeit or marked bills was unaware they were marked as stolen or counterfeit.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10 + 20 as felony + 5 per every 10 bills if aggravated
Bail Amount: $500 or $1,000 per every 50 bills if aggravated
Person is in possession of greater than 50 bills.
Crimes Against Public Decency
400.01 Abandonment and Neglect of Children
If a parent of a minor child willfully omits without a lawful excuse to furnish necessary clothing, food, shelter or medical attendance, or other remedial care for his or her child, he or she shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: Judges discretion
400.02 Lewd and Indecent Exposure
Any person who intentionally exposes the private or intimate parts of one’s body in a public place, or who exposes the private or intimate parts of another’s body shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.03 Prostitution
Any person who knowingly engages in or offers to engage in a sexual act in exchange for payment or other goods and services shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.04 Pandering / Pimping
Any person who knowingly receives financial support or maintenance from the earnings of someone engaged in prostitution shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.05 Disturbing the Peace
Any person who, either acting alone and/or in a group and/or encouraging others to participate in a manner that is not orderly and is otherwise illegal, such as but not limited to: being aggressively belligerent, fighting, threatening to fight in public, causing excessively loud noise, playing loud music, and calling for actions that may disrupt the flow of everyday life for others shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.06 Unlawful Assembly
Any person who, in groups of two (2) or more with common intent, assembles to attain the purpose, whether lawful or unlawful, by acts of intimidation and disorder likely to produce danger to the peace of the neighborhood and create a tangible threat to public speech shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 40 + 20 if aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
If the person(s) takes steps towards becoming forcible and violent or becomes forcible and violent (riot).
400.07 Possession of Marijuana
a. The legal age to posess marijuana is 21 years old. b. It is illegal to be in possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana buds of any strain. Marijuana buds are the product of the marijuana plant; possession of the entire marijuana plant or marijuana seeds is not legal. c. It is illegal to be in possession of more than 25 marijuana joints.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 10 + 20 and a felony for every 100 (ie: 200 joints = 50 min)
Bail Amount: N/A
Person has over 100 buds or joints.
400.08 Possession of Controlled Substance
Any person who possesses controlled substances, unless the controlled substance is in a labeled prescription container, prescribed to the person by a physician, podiatrist, dentist, or veterinarian licensed to practice within the State of San Andreas shall be found guilty of this code. Controlled substances include illicit street drugs as well as prescription medications.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.09 Possession with Intent to Sell
Any person who is in possession of a controlled substance or multiple controlled substances in large quantities which are packaged individually into separate baggies or bundles for distribution or sale shall be found guilty of this code. Scales and large amounts of cash, especially in small denominations, are indications of intent to sell.
S. Does stack with Sale of a Controlled Substance.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.1 Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Any person who willingly possesses any device or mechanism used exclusively for the processing or consumption of an illegal controlled substance shall be found guilty of this code. This includes devices for injecting or smoking a controlled substance.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.11 Maintaining a Place for Distribution
Any person who opens or maintains any property for the purpose of unlawfully selling, giving away, storing, or using any controlled substance, firearm, or other illicit device, good, or service shall be found guilty of this code
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.12 Manufacture of a Controlled Substance
No person shall manufacture, compound, convert, produce, or prepare, either directly or indirectly by chemical or natural extraction, any illegal substance.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.13 Sale of a Controlled Substance
No person shall sell, offer to sell, transport with the intent to sell, or give away a controlled substance to another person, regardless of whether or not they possess that controlled substance.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.14 Sale of Alcohol to a Minor
a. A person who willfully and knowingly sells alcohol to a minor under the age of 21 is guilty under this code section. b. A person who willfully and knowingly purchases alcohol to provide to a minor under the age of 21 is guilty under this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.15 Public Intoxication
Any person who is found being visibly drunk or under the influence of drugs while behaving in a noisy, rowdy, lewd manner or being a nuisance in a public place shall be found guilty of this code.
Note: For the safety of the individual, they may be placed under Protective Custody until they are sober enough to not be a danger to themselves.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.16 Underage Consumption
Any person who is under the age of 21 years of age who consumes alcohol, tobacco, or recreational marijuana shall be found guilty of this code.
Note: A responsible adult must come to take custody of the underage person. If no adult is able the underage person shall be brought to the closest police station and kept in an open area (not a cell) until an adult can be made available.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.17 Littering
Any person who leaves ten (10) or fewer items of litter in an open or public place, which is not an appropriate storage container or area designated for such purpose, shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.18 Unlawful Solicitation
Any person who offers to sell or attempts to purchase illegal goods or services shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
400.19 Loitering
Any person who remains in any public place without an apparent purpose after being given a lawful order to disperse by a law enforcement officer shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
TITLE III - CONTROL OF WEAPONS AND EQUIPTMENT
Possession of Weapons and Equipment
2400.01 Possession of an Illegal Weapon
Any person who manufactures, imports, keep for sale, offers or exposes for sale, gives, lends, or possesses for ownership any “generally prohibited” weapon listed in Appendex.5 is guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2400.02 Possession of Ammunition Designed to Penetrate Metal and Body Armor
Any person who while armed with a gun, and in possession of metal piercing ammo and/or wears a body vest in the commission of a violent Felony shall be guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2400.03 Possession of a Weapon As A Minor
a. No person who is under the age of 18 may purchase, receive, or possess any firearm. b. No person who is under the age of 18 may openly carry any firearm.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2400.04 Possession of a Weapon while Intoxicated
No person shall possess a firearm or a weapon in their immediate possession while under the influence of alcohol, illegal narcotics, or any prescribed medication which causes intoxication.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2400.05 Possession of Illegal Narcotics while Armed
No person shall be in immeidate possesssion of any weapons while having possession of any illegal naracotics, of any amount, on their person or immediate vicinity.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2400.06 Weapons Distribution or Sale
a. Any person who sells or exchanges weapons without a firearms sales license; or the sells or exchanges illegal weapons, or; b. sells or exchanges an otherwise legal firearm to an individual who does not have proper licensure shall be found guilty of this code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2400.07 Weapons Trafficking
Any person who sells, exchanges, or transports five (5) or more firearms without a firearms sales license; or sells or exchanges five (5) or more illegal weapons; or sells or exchanges five (5) or more otherwise legal firearms to an individual who does not possess a license for the firearm or to someone who the firearm cannot be legally registered to shall be found guilty of this code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
Brandishing and Carrying of Weapons
2500.01 Brandishing a Firearm or Deadly Weapon
Any person who, except in self defense, in the presence of any other person, draws or exhibits any firearm or deadly weapon whatsoever, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, or who in any manner, unlawfully uses a weapon in any fight or quarrel shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 60 + 30 as Felony if Aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
Serious bodily injury is intentionally inflicted by the person
2500.02 Weapons at San Andreas Public Transit Facilities
Any person who knowingly possesses within any area of a public transit facility, either concealed on their person or in a bag, purse, or openly carried any items listed in 2500.02 shall be found guilty of this code.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2500.03 Open Carry of Legal Weapons
A citizen who has been granted a weapons license by the State of San Andreas and legally owns a properly registered handgun may openly carry a handgun in an exterior hip, leg, or shoulder holster in public places where notice has not been served prior with a sign prohibiting weapons. Any person illegally open carrying a weapon in an off-limit locations or circumstances shall be found guilty of this code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 + 14 day license suspension
Bail Amount: N/A
2500.04 Concealed Carry of Legal Weapons
A citizen who has been granted a weapons license by the State of San Andreas and legally owns a properly registered handgun may conceal carry a properly registered and legally owned handgun in public places where notice has not been served prior with a sign prohibiting weapons. Any person illegally concealed carrying a weapon in an off-limit locations or circumstances shall be found guilty of this code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 45 + 14 day license suspension
Bail Amount: N/A
2500.05 Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Any person who commits one (1) violent felony with a firearm; or two (2) non-violent firearm felonies; or two (2) firearm misdemeanors within fourteen (14) days shall have their firearms license revoked and all firearms returned to a law enforcement station for storage. Any person with a violent felony with a firearm on their criminal record may no longer possess a weapons license and may not be in possession of a firearm at any time.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
Discharge and Use of Weapons
2600.01 Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm
a. Any person who willfully discharges a firearm in a grossly negligent manner and without a lawful reason, which could result in someone’s injury or death, or across a dirt road, trail, pathway shall be found guilty of this code. s. Does not stack with any violent violent crime charge where the discharge of a firearm results in harming another individual.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2600.02 Drive-By Shooting
Any person who allows another person to bring a gun into a vehicle they are driving or owns or any person who is the driver or owner of a car and allows another person to discharge a gun from within the car shall be found guilty of this code
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 60 + 60 as Felony if Aggravated
Bail Amount: N/A
Any person willfully and maliciously firing a weapon from within a vehicle or any person willfully and maliciously firing a weapon at another person from within a vehicle
2600.03 Shooting at an Inhabited Dwelling
a. Any person who willfully and maliciously discharges a weapon at any inhabited dwelling, an occupied building, an occupied motor vehicle, an occupied aircraft, or an inhabited housecar (such as an RV) or a camper is guilty under this Code section. b. The occupants of the home do not need to be present at the time of the weapons fire for this penal code to apply. The residence just must be in use.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
2600.04 Shooting at an Unoccupied Vehicle or Building
Any person who willfully discharges a firearm at any unoccupied motor vehicle, an uninhabited building, and or an uninhabited dwelling (house, apartment, mobile home, or houseboat) without permission from the vehicle’s or building’s owner is guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
TITLE VII- VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE STATE
Crimes Against the Government
3300.01 Treason
a. Treason against the state consists only of levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, or giving them aid and comfort, and can be committed only by persons owing allegiance to the state. b. Upon a trial for treason, the defendant cannot be convicted unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or upon confession in open court.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
3300.02 Sedition
a. No person, group, or organization shall advocate any change by force, violence, or other unlawful means in the government of the State of San Andreas. b. No person shall join, assist or otherwise contribute to any group or organization which, to the knowledge of such person, advocates or has as its purpose, aim, or objective, any change by force, violence, or other unlawful means in the government of the State of San Andreas. c. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit or prohibit the advocacy, orally or otherwise, of any change, by peaceful means in the State of San Andreas.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
3300.03 Sabotage
a. No person shall commit a destructive act against the property of the government that will hinder the preparedness for national defense. b. No person shall attempt to establish any such usurped government and commit any overt act therefore or by writing or speaking endeavor to instigate others to establish such government.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
3300.04 Terrorism
Any person who commits, conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission of an act: To intimidate or coerce a civilian population; Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or To affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping shall be found guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
Attempts, Accomplice, Conspiracy, Accessory, Aiding and Abetting
3400.01 Attempted Commission of an Offense / Crime
a. Any person who attempts to perform the necessary steps in the commission of an offense under the criminal code, however, having not committed the offense itself shall be found guilty of this Code section. b. It is irrelevant if the offense was not committed due to intervention by a law enforcement officer, sudden change of mind after the necessary steps had been carried out, or any other intervening factor preventing its commission.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 1/2 of the charge of the crime committed
Bail Amount: N/A
3400.02 Accomplice to an Offense / Crime
a. Any person who participates in a crime knowingly and voluntarily shall be found guilty of this Code section. The person must be at the scene of the crime, helped aid in the crime, and were involved in committing the crime. b. The person must be there on their own free will and cannot be coerced or threatened into participation.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 1/2 of the charge of the crime committed
Bail Amount: N/A
3400.03 Accessory to an Offense / Crime
a. Any person who participates in the coverup or otherwise assists in concealing an individual from being apprehended, or withholding evidence that would assist in a conviction shall be found guilty of the Code section. b. he person must be there on their own free will and cannot be coerced or threatened into participation.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 1/4 of the charge of the crime committed
Bail Amount: N/A
3400.04 Conspiracy to Commit an Offense / Crime
a. Any person who enters into an agreement with another person or more to engage jointly in an unlawful criminal act with intent, but fails to execute shall be found guilty of this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 1/4 of the charge of the crime committed
Bail Amount: N/A
3400.05 Aiding and Abetting
a. Any person who, with intent, actively involves themself with a specific incident and helps, allows or induces a crime to succeed by words or conduct shall be found guilty of this Code section. b. It is not necessary for the abettor to be present at the scene of the crime.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
TITLE VIII- CRIMINAL PROFITEERING
3500.01 Racketeering
Any person who has connections to organized criminal organizations, as prescribed by local or national law enforcement entities, and engages in the acts or threaten to commit the following acts listed in the penal code 3500.01 under the direction of a criminal organization are guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): N/A
Bail Amount: N/A
3500.02 General Money Laundering
a. Any person who conducts or attempts to conduct a transaction through a bank (this can include depositing or withdrawing money, or writing a check), where the transaction or series of transactions involve a total value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in a seven (7)-day period, or more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in a thirty (30)-day period with either the specific intent to promote criminal activity; or the knowledge that the money involved in the transaction came from criminal activity is guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 30 if Misdemeanor 300 if Felony
Bail Amount: $10,000 if Misdemeanor $250,000 or twice the amount laundered, whichever is greater if Felony
3500.03 Controlled Substance Money Laundering
a. Any person who uses any kind of machine or instrument to intentionally tap into, or make an unauthorized connection to, any telegraph or telephone line, reads or learns the contents of any message passing over a telephone or other wire, willfully and without the permission of all the parties to the message, uses or attempts to use or communicate any information gained this way AND aids or conspires with anyone else to do any of the acts on this section are guilty under this Code section. b. Intercepting calls between two cell phones, two cordless phones, a cell phone and a landline phone, OR a cell phone and a cordless phone, with criminal intent and without the consent of both parties to the call are guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 60 if Misdemeanor 400 if Felony
Bail Amount: $10,000 if Misdemeanor $250,000 or twice the amount laundered, whichever is greater if Felony
3500.04 Wiretapping
a. Any person who uses any kind of machine or instrument to intentionally tap into, or make an unauthorized connection to, any telegraph or telephone line, reads or learns the contents of any message passing over a telephone or other wire, willfully and without the permission of all the parties to the message, uses or attempts to use or communicate any information gained this way AND aids or conspires with anyone else to do any of the acts on this section are guilty under this Code section. b. Intercepting calls between two cell phones, two cordless phones, a cell phone and a landline phone, OR a cell phone and a cordless phone, with criminal intent and without the consent of both parties to the call are guilty under this Code section.
Maximum Sentence (in minutes): 60 if Misdemeanor 120 if Felony
Bail Amount: $10,000 if Misdemeanor $250,000 if Felony
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