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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11530

Loitering for Drug Activities

Known as the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act

The act spans §§ 11000–11651 (376 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 38 Cal. 4th 1224 - People v. Reed (2006)

Most recently applied in 625 F. App'x 113 - United States v. Ruben Mitchell (August 2015)

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 981, Sec. 2

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in this subdivision, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Loiter” means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered.

(b) “Public place” means an area open to the public or exposed to public view and includes streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots, automobiles, whether moving or not, and buildings open to the general public, including those which serve food or drink, or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings and the grounds enclosing them.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.