California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2 - CHILDREN

Section 731.5. - 731.5. In addition to the provisions of Section 731, if...

Section 732. - 732. Before a minor is conveyed to any state or...

Section 733. - 733. A ward of the juvenile court who meets any...

Section 733.1. - 733.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as otherwise provided...

Section 734. - 734. No ward of the juvenile court shall be committed...

Section 735. - 735. Accompanying the commitment papers, the court shall send to...

Section 736. - 736. (a) Except as provided in Section 733, the Department...

Section 736.5. - 736.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 737. - 737. (a) Whenever a person has been adjudged a ward...

Section 738. - 738. In a case where the residence of a minor...

Section 739. - 739. (a) Upon referral to the probation officer of a...

Section 739.5. - 739.5. (a) (1) If a minor who has been adjudged...

Section 739.6. - 739.6. (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in...

Section 740. - 740. (a) Any minor adjudged to be a ward of...

Section 740.1. - 740.1. (a) Any minor adjudged to be a ward of...

Section 741. - 741. The juvenile court may, in any case before it...

Section 742. - 742. (a) Upon the request of an alleged victim of...

ARTICLE 18.5 - Graffiti Removal and Damage Recovery Program

Section 742.10. - 742.10. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 742.12. - 742.12. (a) As used in this article, the term “graffiti...

Section 742.14. - 742.14. (a) A city, county, or city and county may...

Section 742.16. - 742.16. (a) If a minor is found to be a...

Section 742.18. - 742.18. (a) If the petition alleges that the minor is...

Section 742.20. - 742.20. Any moneys collected by the probation officer of the...

Section 742.22. - 742.22. If any provision or clause of this article or...

ARTICLE 18.6 - Repeat Offender Prevention Project

Section 743. - 743. Contingent upon the appropriation of funds therefor, there is...

Section 744. - 744. (a) The Repeat Offender Prevention Project shall be administered...

Section 745. - 745. The Board of Corrections shall establish goals and deadlines...

Section 746. - 746. A minor shall be selected for participation in a...

Section 747. - 747. The Board of Corrections shall adopt written minimum standards...

Section 748. - 748. Each county or region shall, in implementing their respective...

Section 749. - 749. (a) The Board of Corrections shall be responsible for...

ARTICLE 18.7 - Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program

Section 749.2. - 749.2. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 749.21. - 749.21. The Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program...

Section 749.22. - 749.22. To be eligible for this grant, each county shall...

Section 749.23. - 749.23. The Board of Corrections shall award grants that provide...

Section 749.24. - 749.24. The Board of Corrections shall establish minimum standards, funding...

Section 749.25. - 749.25. The Board of Corrections may award up to a...

Section 749.26. - 749.26. The Board of Corrections shall create an evaluation design...

Section 749.27. - 749.27. Funding for the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge...

ARTICLE 18.8 - County Juvenile Correctional Facilities Act

Section 749.3. - 749.3. This title shall be known and may be cited...

Section 749.31. - 749.31. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 749.32. - 749.32. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 749.33. - 749.33. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys may be...

ARTICLE 18.9 - Juvenile Justice Community Reentry Challenge Grant Program

Section 749.5. - 749.5. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 749.6. - 749.6. It is the intent of the Legislature to support...

Section 749.7. - 749.7. (a) The Juvenile Justice Community Reentry Challenge Grant Program...

Section 749.8. - 749.8. (a) The Division of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with...

Section 749.9. - 749.9. The Division of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the...

Section 749.95. - 749.95. (a) Each grant recipient shall be required to establish...

ARTICLE 19 - Wards Transfer of Cases Between Counties

Section 750. - 750. Whenever a petition is filed in the juvenile court...

Section 751. - 751. The expense of the transfer and all expenses in...

Section 752. - 752. Whenever a case is transferred as provided in Section...

Section 753. - 753. Whenever an order of transfer from another county is...

Section 754. - 754. In any action under the provisions of this article...

Section 755. - 755. Any person placed on probation by the juvenile court...

ARTICLE 20 - Wards Modification of Juvenile Court Judgments and Orders

Section 775. - 775. Any order made by the court in the case...

Section 776. - 776. No order changing, modifying, or setting aside a previous...

Section 777. - 777. An order changing or modifying a previous order by...

Section 778. - 778. (a) (1) Any parent or other person having an...

Section 779. - 779. The court committing a ward to the Youth Authority...

Section 779.5. - 779.5. The court committing a ward to a secure youth...

Section 780. - 780. If any person who has been committed to the...

Section 781. - 781. (a) (1) (A) If a petition has been filed...

Section 781.1. - 781.1. A superior court or probation department shall not charge...

Section 781.5. - 781.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 781, in any case where a...

Section 782. - 782. (a) (1) A judge of the juvenile court in...

Section 783. - 783. An adjudication that a minor violated any of the...

Section 784. - 784. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon any adjudication...

Section 785. - 785. (a) Where a minor is a ward of the...

Section 786. - 786. (a) If a person who has been alleged or...

Section 786.5. - 786.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the probation department shall...

Section 787. - 787. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a record sealed pursuant...

ARTICLE 20.5 - Deferred Entry of Judgment

Section 790. - 790. (a) Notwithstanding Section 654 or 654.2, or any other...

Section 791. - 791. (a) The prosecuting attorney’s written notification to the minor...

Section 792. - 792. The judge shall issue a citation directing any custodial...

Section 793. - 793. (a) If it appears to the prosecuting attorney, the...

Section 794. - 794. When a minor is permitted to participate in a...

Section 795. - 795. The county probation officer or a person designated by...

ARTICLE 21 - Wards Appeals

Section 800. - 800. (a) A judgment in a proceeding under Section 601...

Section 801. - 801. (a) An order transferring a minor from the juvenile...

ARTICLE 22 - Wards and Dependent Children Records

Section 825. - 825. The order and findings of the superior court in...

Section 825.5. - 825.5. (a) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain...

Section 826. - 826. (a) After five years from the date on which...

Section 826.5. - 826.5. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 826, at any...

Section 826.6. - 826.6. (a) Any minor who is the subject of a...

Section 826.7. - 826.7. Juvenile case files that pertain to a child who...

Section 826.8. - 826.8. Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to assist with...

Section 827. - 827. (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 828, a...

Section 827.1. - 827.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city,...

Section 827.10. - 827.10. (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, the child welfare agency is...

Section 827.11. - 827.11. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 827.12. - 827.12. (a) (1) Records contained in a juvenile delinquency case...

Section 827.15. - 827.15. (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, whenever the juvenile court of...

Section 827.2. - 827.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of...

Section 827.5. - 827.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Sections 389...

Section 827.6. - 827.6. A law enforcement agency may release the name, description,...

Section 827.7. - 827.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of...

Section 827.9. - 827.9. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 827.95. - 827.95. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 827.9, a law enforcement agency...

Section 828. - 828. (a) (1) Except as provided in Sections 389, 781,...

Section 828.1. - 828.1. (a) While the Legislature reaffirms its belief that juvenile...

Section 828.3. - 828.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information relating to...

Section 829. - 829. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of...

Section 830. - 830. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of...

Section 830.1. - 830.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a...

Section 831. - 831. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 832. - 832. (a) (1) To promote more effective communication needed for...

ARTICLE 22.5 - Home Supervision

Section 840. - 840. There shall be in each county probation department a...

Section 841. - 841. The duties of a deputy probation officer, or a...

Section 842. - 842. A probation volunteer is a person who donates personal...

ARTICLE 23 - Wards and Dependent Children Juvenile Halls

Section 850. - 850. The board of supervisors in every county shall provide...

Section 851. - 851. Except as provided in Section 207.1, the juvenile hall...

Section 851.1. - 851.1. (a) (1) Minors detained in or committed to a...

Section 852. - 852. The juvenile hall shall be under the management and...

Section 853. - 853. The board of supervisors shall provide for a suitable...

Section 854. - 854. The superintendent and other employees of the juvenile hall...

Section 855. - 855. The probation officer shall keep a classified list of...

Section 856. - 856. The board of supervisors may provide for the establishment...

Section 857. - 857. Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a juvenile hall...

Section 858. - 858. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 862. - 862. In addition to those juveniles specified in Section 850,...

Section 870. - 870. Two or more counties may, pursuant to Article 1...

Section 871. - 871. (a) Any person under the custody of a probation...

Section 871.5. - 871.5. (a) Except as authorized by law, or when authorized...

Section 872. - 872. Where there is no juvenile hall in the county...

Section 873. - 873. (a) Upon approval of the board of supervisors of...

ARTICLE 23.5 - Secure Youth Treatment Facilities

Section 875. - 875. (a) In addition to the types of treatment specified...

Section 875.5. - 875.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 876. - 876. (a) If a probation department determines that the discharge...

ARTICLE 24 - Wards and Dependent Children Juvenile Homes, Ranches and Camps

Section 880. - 880. In order to provide appropriate facilities for the housing...

Section 881. - 881. The board of supervisors of any county may, by...

Section 881.5. - 881.5. (a) (1) If a county receives funds pursuant to...

Section 883. - 883. The wards committed to ranches, camps, or forestry camps...

Section 884. - 884. The board of supervisors may provide for the payment...

Section 885. - 885. (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall...

Section 886. - 886. Except as provided in Section 886.5, no juvenile home,...

Section 886.5. - 886.5. (a) A juvenile home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp...

Section 888. - 888. Any county establishing a juvenile ranch or camp under...

Section 889. - 889. The board of education shall provide for the administration...

Section 889.1. - 889.1. (a) (1) Minors detained in or committed to a...

Section 889.2. - 889.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 891. - 891. (a) From any state moneys made available to it...

Section 892. - 892. (a) From any state moneys made available to it...

Section 893. - 893. (a) The board of supervisors of any county with...

ARTICLE 24.5 - Regional Youth Educational Facilities

Section 894. - 894. In order to provide a sentencing alternative for the...

Section 895. - 895. (a) From any state moneys made available to it...

Section 896. - 896. (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall...

Section 897. - 897. The capacity of each regional youth educational facility shall...

Section 898. - 898. The participating counties shall appoint a citizens advisory committee...

ARTICLE 25 - Support of Wards and Dependent Children

Section 900. - 900. (a) If it is necessary that provision be made...

Section 901. - 901. No order for payment shall be made in a...

Section 902. - 902. (a) If it is found that the maximum amount...

Section 903. - 903. (a) The father, mother, spouse, or other person liable...

Section 903.1. - 903.1. (a) (1) (A) The father, mother, spouse, or other...

Section 903.2. - 903.2. (a) The juvenile court may require that the father,...

Section 903.25. - 903.25. (a) In addition to the liability established by any...

Section 903.4. - 903.4. (a) (1) The Legislature finds that even though Section...

Section 903.41. - 903.41. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that...

Section 903.45. - 903.45. (a) The board of supervisors may designate a county...

Section 903.47. - 903.47. (a) The Judicial Council shall establish a program to...

Section 903.5. - 903.5. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 903.4,...

Section 903.6. - 903.6. Funds collected pursuant to Sections 903, 903.4, and 903.5...

Section 903.7. - 903.7. (a) There is in the State Treasury the Foster...

Section 903.8. - 903.8. (a) Beginning January 1, 1994, the State Department of...

Section 904. - 904. (a) The monthly or daily charge, not to exceed...

Section 911. - 911. No order for payment from the county treasury of...

Section 912. - 912. (a) A county from which a person is committed...

Section 913. - 913. When any person has been adjudged to be a...

Section 914. - 914. As used in this article, “expense for support and...

ARTICLE 26 - Work Furloughs

Section 925. - 925. The provisions of this article shall be operative in...

Section 926. - 926. When a minor is adjudged a ward of the...

Section 927. - 927. (a) If the juvenile work furlough administrator so directs...

Section 928. - 928. Whenever the minor is not employed and between the...

Section 929. - 929. The earnings of the minor shall be collected by...

Section 930. - 930. In the event the minor violates the conditions laid...

ARTICLE 27 - 24-Hour Schools

Section 940. - 940. The board of supervisors in every county may provide...

Section 941. - 941. The 24-hour school or a nonresidential boot camp school...

Section 942. - 942. The board of supervisors shall provide for a suitable...

Section 943. - 943. The superintendent and other employees of the 24-hour school...

Section 944. - 944. The probation officer shall keep a classified list of...

Section 945. - 945. A 24-hour school shall be considered a children’s institution...

ARTICLE 28 - Adjustment Schools

Section 960. - 960. This article shall be construed in conformity with the...

Section 961. - 961. The terms and provisions of Article 25 (commencing with...

Section 962. - 962. The boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of...

Section 963. - 963. The boards of supervisors of two or more counties...

Section 964. - 964. If adjustment schools are organized by only one county...

Section 965. - 965. If the adjustment schools are organized by the joint...

Section 966. - 966. If a board of trustees is chosen to govern...

Section 967. - 967. The governing board shall make all needful rules and...

Section 968. - 968. The governing board shall make all contracts for the...

Section 969. - 969. No member of the governing board, nor officer, nor...

Section 970. - 970. The governing board of the adjustment school shall appoint...

Section 971. - 971. The governing board shall determine the number, title, duties,...

Section 972. - 972. The superintendent of the adjustment school shall, before entering...

Section 973. - 973. The superintendent, after making and filing the bond, shall,...

Section 974. - 974. The superintendent shall also, subject to the direction of...

Section 975. - 975. The superintendent shall reside in the adjustment school or...

Section 976. - 976. The adjustment school shall receive into its care, custody,...

Section 977. - 977. Any minor who has been committed to the care,...

Section 978. - 978. The juvenile court shall review the order of commitment...

Section 979. - 979. If at any time in the opinion of the...

Section 980. - 980. The governing board of any adjustment school shall cause...

Section 981. - 981. There shall be organized a course of study, corresponding...

Section 982. - 982. There shall be provided in the adjustment school the...

Section 983. - 983. Any order of the juvenile court committing a minor...

Section 984. - 984. If the adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and...

Section 985. - 985. If an adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and...

Section 986. - 986. The annual expense of maintaining the school by two...

Section 987. - 987. The governing board shall require any officer entrusted with...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Juvenile and Gang Violence Prevention, Detention, and Public Protection Act of 1998

Section 990. - 990. As used in this article: (a) “Acquiring” means obtaining...

Section 991. - 991. Moneys in the fund, up to twenty-five million dollars...

Section 992. - 992. (a) The department shall, upon appropriation pursuant to Section...

Section 993. - 993. (a) No grant made pursuant to this chapter shall...

CHAPTER 3 - Institutions for Delinquents

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment and General Government

Section 1000. - 1000. Commencing July 1, 2005, any reference to the Department...

Section 1000.1. - 1000.1. In order to provide counties with alternative placement options,...

Section 1000.5. - 1000.5. Where in any law of this State the name...

Section 1000.7. - 1000.7. As used in this chapter, “Youth Authority,” “authority,” and...

Section 1001. - 1001. The general government and supervision of each such institution...

Section 1001.5. - 1001.5. (a) Except when authorized by law, or when authorized...

Section 1001.7. - 1001.7. Every person who, having been previously convicted of a...

Section 1002. - 1002. The Youth Authority may do all lawful acts which...

Section 1003. - 1003. The authority shall have charge of the land, buildings,...

Section 1004. - 1004. The authority shall have charge of the persons committed...

Section 1006. - 1006. The land purchased for the site of Preston School...

Section 1009. - 1009. The Department of the Youth Authority may order the...

Section 1009.1. - 1009.1. When, pursuant to Section 1009, money is received by...

Section 1009.2. - 1009.2. The fiscal officer of the Department of the Youth...

Section 1009.3. - 1009.3. If any money which is to be refunded has...

Section 1009.4. - 1009.4. If the Director of the Youth Authority finds that...

Section 1010. - 1010. In determining residence for purposes of transportation, a person...

Section 1011. - 1011. All expenses incurred in returning these persons to other...

Section 1015. - 1015. Whenever any person confined in any state institution subject...

Section 1016. - 1016. (a) Whenever a person confined in a state institution...

Section 1017. - 1017. Before any money or other personal property or documents...

Section 1018. - 1018. At the time of delivering any money or other...

Section 1019. - 1019. When any personal property has been destroyed as provided...

Section 1020. - 1020. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of...

ARTICLE 3 - Superintendents

Section 1049. - 1049. Subject to the provisions of law relating to the...

Section 1050. - 1050. The superintendent of the institutions under this chapter shall...

ARTICLE 4 - Employees

Section 1075. - 1075. The Youth Authority shall, in accordance with law, appoint...

Section 1076. - 1076. The superintendent, assistant superintendent, supervisor, or any employee having...

Section 1077. - 1077. (a) Any psychologist employed by or who contracts with...

Section 1078. - 1078. To the extent that funding is available, the department,...

ARTICLE 6 - Conduct, Education, and Discipline

Section 1120. - 1120. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 1120.1. - 1120.1. (a) In furtherance of the purpose of the Department...

Section 1120.2. - 1120.2. (a) There is in the Department of the Youth...

Section 1120.5. - 1120.5. At each institution under this chapter the Youth Authority...

Section 1121. - 1121. The chief of each such division of instruction shall...

Section 1122. - 1122. Such divisions of instruction shall have jurisdiction over all...

Section 1123. - 1123. Subject to the availability of adequate state funding for...

Section 1124. - 1124. Each institution under this chapter may manufacture, repair, and...

Section 1125. - 1125. Each inmate of an institution under this chapter shall...

Section 1125.5. - 1125.5. When any public road is a principal means of...

ARTICLE 7 - Escapes

Section 1152. - 1152. (a) Any person who without the use of force...

Section 1154. - 1154. Whenever any person who has escaped from any institution...

Section 1155. - 1155. The person in charge of any secure detention facility,...

ARTICLE 8 - Paroles and Dismissals

Section 1176. - 1176. When, in the opinion of the Youth Authority Board,...

Section 1177. - 1177. (a) Pursuant to Section 1178, if a person discharged...

Section 1178. - 1178. (a) A person previously committed to the Department of...

Section 1179. - 1179. (a) Each person honorably discharged by the Board of...

Section 1180. - 1180. The Department of the Youth Authority shall provide, within...

ARTICLE 9 - Finances

Section 1200. - 1200. The Controller of the State shall, on requisition of...

Section 1201. - 1201. For each person committed to any state school the...

ARTICLE 10 - The California Youth Training School

Section 1250. - 1250. There is hereby established an institution for the confinement...

Section 1251. - 1251. The Heman G. Stark Youth Training School shall be...

Section 1252. - 1252. There may be transferred to and confined in the...

Section 1253. - 1253. The Youth Authority shall make rules and regulations for...

Section 1254. - 1254. The Youth Authority shall appoint, subject to civil service,...

Section 1255. - 1255. The Youth Authority shall construct and equip, in accordance...

Section 1256. - 1256. The Youth Authority shall have the same powers, duties,...

Section 1258. - 1258. The Director of the Youth Authority, in connection with...

CHAPTER 4 - The Interstate Compact for Juveniles

Section 1400. - 1400. THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES ARTICLE I PURPOSE The...

Section 1401. - 1401. The compact administrator shall be the Secretary of the...

Section 1402. - 1402. The executive director of the Corrections Standards Authority shall...

CHAPTER 5 - Youth Reinvestment Grant Program

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1450. - 1450. (a) There is hereby established the Youth Reinvestment Grant...

Section 1451. - 1451. For purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 1454),...

ARTICLE 2 - Trauma-Informed Diversion Programs for Indian Children

Section 1452. - 1452. For purposes of this article, “Indian child” and “Indian...

Section 1453. - 1453. (a) The board shall allocate 3 percent of funds...

ARTICLE 3 - Trauma-Informed Diversion Programs for Minors

Section 1454. - 1454. (a) The board shall allocate 94 percent of funds...

Section 1455. - 1455. (a) The board shall be responsible for administration oversight...

ARTICLE 4 - Trauma-Informed Diversion Programs for Youth

Section 1456. - 1456. Notwithstanding any other law, and except for grants provided...

Section 1457. - 1457. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 1458. - 1458. (a) The board shall allocate funds appropriated pursuant to...

Section 1459. - 1459. The board shall be responsible for administration oversight and...

PART 2 - MINORS CROSSING THE MEXICAN BORDER

Section 1500. - 1500. A peace officer of any city or county shall...

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