§ 18565 Aiding Criminal Offenses

Elections Code·California

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This law says that if you help someone do a crime listed in Section 18564, you can go to jail.

Key Takeaways

•Helping or encouraging a crime listed in Section 18564 is a crime itself.
•You can be sentenced to six months in county jail, or 16 months to three years in state prison.
•The law applies even if you didn't do the main illegal act, just helped it happen.

Example

A friend asks you to drive them to a house so they can break in and steal stuff. You agree and give them a ride.

Even though you didn't break in yourself, giving the ride is helping the crime, so you could be sent to county jail for six months or to state prison for up to three years.

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§ 18565 Aiding Criminal Offenses

Any person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses described in Section 18564 is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of six months or in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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aids or abets Section 18564

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 18565.

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