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# Government & Justice Offenses
> Offenses involving courts, law enforcement, public administration, corruption, and justice.
# Government & Justice Offenses
Offenses involving courts, law enforcement, public administration, corruption, and justice.
Every charge below uses the same title, classification, fine, jail value, citation status, and legal description as the generated MDT SQL.
## Justice-System Charging Guide
Exercise of a constitutional right, silence, criticism of government, peaceful protest, and mere presence are not obstruction. Use the most specific statute available: **Evidence Tampering** for evidence, **Witness Tampering** for witnesses, **Resisting Arrest** for physical resistance, and **Felony Obstruction** only for substantial interference with a serious government proceeding or investigation.
## Quick Reference
| § | Offense | Classification | Fine | Jail | Cite & Release |
| --: | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------: | ------: | -------------- |
| 39 | Gang-Related Crime Enhancement | Class C Felony | \$1,500 | 15 mo. | No |
| 56 | Possession of Government-Issued Items | Class B Misdemeanor | \$1,250 | 15 mo. | No |
| 61 | Theft of a Law Enforcement Vehicle | Class B Felony | \$4,000 | 40 mo. | No |
| 63 | Impersonating a Police Officer or Public Servant | Class C Felony | \$2,000 | 25 mo. | No |
| 64 | Impersonating a Judge | Class C Felony | \$2,000 | 25 mo. | No |
| 65 | Possession of Stolen Government Identification | Class B Misdemeanor | \$1,000 | 10 mo. | No |
| 72 | Felony Trespassing | Class C Felony | \$2,000 | 25 mo. | No |
| 75 | Vandalism of Government Property | Class C Felony | \$3,000 | 25 mo. | No |
| 79 | Bribery of a Government Official | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 30 mo. | No |
| 80 | Use of Disguise to Conceal Identity During a Crime | Class C Misdemeanor | \$500 | 5 mo. | Yes |
| 81 | Possession of Contraband in a Government Facility | Class C Felony | \$2,000 | 20 mo. | No |
| 82 | Escape from Custody | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 30 mo. | No |
| 83 | Jailbreak | Class A Felony | \$7,500 | 45 mo. | No |
| 84 | Accessory to Jailbreak | Class B Felony | \$5,000 | 30 mo. | No |
| 85 | Attempted Jailbreak | Class B Felony | \$4,000 | 30 mo. | No |
| 86 | Perjury | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 25 mo. | No |
| 90 | Conspiracy | Class C Felony | \$1,500 | 20 mo. | No |
| 91 | Violating a Court Order | Class A Misdemeanor | \$1,250 | 15 mo. | No |
| 92 | Failure to Appear | Class B Misdemeanor | \$750 | 10 mo. | No |
| 93 | Contempt of Court | Class B Misdemeanor | \$750 | 10 mo. | No |
| 94 | Resisting Arrest | Class A Misdemeanor | \$750 | 15 mo. | No |
| 95 | Disobeying a Peace Officer | Class C Misdemeanor | \$250 | 0 mo. | Yes |
| 98 | False Reporting | Class B Misdemeanor | \$750 | 15 mo. | No |
| 100 | Obstruction of Justice | Class A Misdemeanor | \$1,000 | 15 mo. | No |
| 101 | Felony Obstruction of Justice | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 25 mo. | No |
| 102 | Inciting a Riot | Class B Felony | \$4,000 | 30 mo. | No |
| 103 | Loitering on Government Property | Infraction | \$250 | 0 mo. | Yes |
| 105 | Evidence Tampering | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 25 mo. | No |
| 106 | Witness Tampering | Class B Felony | \$5,000 | 30 mo. | No |
| 107 | Failure to Provide Identification | Class C Misdemeanor | \$250 | 0 mo. | Yes |
| 108 | Vigilantism | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 30 mo. | No |
| 109 | Unlawful Assembly | Class B Misdemeanor | \$750 | 10 mo. | No |
| 110 | Government Corruption | Class A Felony | \$10,000 | 50 mo. | No |
| 112 | Aiding and Abetting | Class C Felony | \$1,500 | 20 mo. | No |
| 113 | Harboring a Fugitive | Class C Felony | \$2,500 | 25 mo. | No |
| 151 | Insurrection | Class X Felony | \$25,000 | 240 mo. | No |
| 190 | Unauthorized Entry | Class B Misdemeanor | \$750 | 15 mo. | No |
| 191 | Illegal Residence / Unauthorized Presence | Infraction | \$0 | 0 mo. | No |
| 192 | Harboring an Illegal Resident | Class A Misdemeanor | \$1,250 | 20 mo. | No |
| 193 | Deportation and Entry Refusal Authority | Infraction | \$0 | 0 mo. | No |
| 194 | Smuggling | Class B Felony | \$6,000 | 50 mo. | No |
| 223 | Accepting a Bribe | Class C Felony | \$3,000 | 30 mo. | No |
| 224 | Retaliation Against a Witness or Victim | Class B Felony | \$5,000 | 30 mo. | No |
| 237 | Organized Criminal Enterprise | Class A Felony | \$12,000 | 60 mo. | No |
| 238 | Accessory After the Fact | Class C Felony | \$2,000 | 20 mo. | No |
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### §39 — Gang-Related Crime Enhancement
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$1,500 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
Gang-Related Crime Enhancement applies when a defendant commits an underlying criminal offense for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with an organized criminal group and does so with the specific intent to promote or further criminal activity by that group.
**Charging & stacking:** This is an enhancement and may never be charged by itself. Gang membership, clothing, friendship, or presence alone is insufficient. Apply no more than once per criminal episode unless distinct underlying offenses support separate applications.
***
### §56 — Possession of Government-Issued Items
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$1,250 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
A person who unlawfully possesses, uses, or retains a government-issued firearm, vehicle, equipment, or other property without proper authorization is guilty under this code section. This includes items belonging to law enforcement, EMS, fire departments, military, or other government agencies.
**Charging & stacking:** If the item is itself stolen, a firearm, or a vehicle, charge the more specific theft or weapons offense when its elements are established and avoid duplicating the same possession.
***
### §61 — Theft of a Law Enforcement Vehicle
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$4,000 · **Jail:** 40 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Theft of a Law Enforcement Vehicle when they knowingly take, drive, or exercise unauthorized control over a marked or identifiable vehicle owned or operated by a law-enforcement or correctional agency with intent to deprive the agency of possession or use.
**Charging & stacking:** If taken directly from an occupant by force or threat, charge the appropriate Carjacking offense instead or in the alternative, not both for the same taking.
***
### §63 — Impersonating a Police Officer or Public Servant
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,000 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Impersonating a Police Officer or Public Servant when, without lawful authority, they knowingly represent themselves as a peace officer, firefighter, EMS employee, correctional officer, prosecutor, or other public servant and perform or attempt an act that would reasonably cause another to rely on that claimed authority. Costume or roleplay without intent to deceive is insufficient.
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### §64 — Impersonating a Judge
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,000 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Impersonating a Judge when, without lawful authority, they knowingly represent themselves as a judge or judicial officer and perform or attempt an act intended to cause another person to rely on that claimed judicial authority.
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### §65 — Possession of Stolen Government Identification
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$1,000 · **Jail:** 10 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
A person who knowingly possesses a government-issued identification card, license, or credential that does not belong to them, and who has not made any attempt to return, report, or lawfully dispose of the item, is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** Knowledge that the identification is stolen or unlawfully retained is required; innocent temporary possession for return is not criminal.
***
### §72 — Felony Trespassing
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,000 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Felony Trespassing when, without lawful authority, they knowingly enter or remain within a clearly secured, restricted, or access-controlled government, correctional, emergency, military, or critical-infrastructure facility.
**Charging & stacking:** Mere presence in a public lobby or other area open to the public is insufficient.
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### §75 — Vandalism of Government Property
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$3,000 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person who unlawfully defaces, damages, or destroys property belonging to a government agency, including vehicles, buildings, equipment, or other public assets, is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** Use Destruction of Critical Infrastructure when the damaged government property is an essential public system and the additional elements are met.
***
### §79 — Bribery of a Government Official
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person who offers, gives, or promises money, gratuities, valuable goods, services, or other rewards to a public official, government employee, or peace officer with the intent to unlawfully influence the performance of their duties or actions, is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** The offeror and the corrupt recipient commit separate offenses; use Accepting a Bribe for the public official who knowingly accepts the benefit.
***
### §80 — Use of Disguise to Conceal Identity During a Crime
**Class C Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$500 · **Jail:** 5 months · **Cite & Release:** Eligible · **Community Service:** 10 tasks
Use of Disguise to Conceal Identity During a Crime applies when a person intentionally wears or uses a mask, disguise, altered plate, or similar concealment during the commission or attempted commission of another criminal offense for the purpose of concealing identity.
**Charging & stacking:** This offense requires an underlying crime and should not be used merely because a person wears a face covering in public.
***
### §81 — Possession of Contraband in a Government Facility
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,000 · **Jail:** 20 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Possession of Contraband in a Government Facility when they knowingly possess an item prohibited by law or facility regulation within a correctional, law-enforcement, courthouse, or other restricted government facility.
**Charging & stacking:** Aggregate identical contraband possessed at the same time into one count per contraband category. Do not automatically stack the ordinary possession offense for the exact same item unless a separate statutory interest is implicated.
***
### §82 — Escape from Custody
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Escape from Custody when, after a lawful arrest, detention, commitment, or sentence, they knowingly depart from or evade lawful physical custody, a correctional facility, or a court-ordered custodial placement without authorization.
**Charging & stacking:** Fleeing before custody is established is generally Resisting Arrest, Evading, or another applicable offense rather than Escape.
***
### §83 — Jailbreak
**Class A Felony** · **Fine:** \$7,500 · **Jail:** 45 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Jailbreak when they intentionally free, remove, or attempt to remove a prisoner from a correctional facility or secure detention area without lawful authority and the prisoner actually escapes or is released from lawful confinement.
***
### §84 — Accessory to Jailbreak
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$5,000 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Accessory to Jailbreak when, knowing another intends to unlawfully free a prisoner, they intentionally provide substantial aid before or during a completed Jailbreak. Mere presence or after-the-fact assistance alone is insufficient for this offense.
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### §85 — Attempted Jailbreak
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$4,000 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Attempted Jailbreak when they intend to unlawfully free a prisoner from a correctional facility or secure detention area and take a direct and substantial step toward doing so, but the prisoner is not successfully freed.
***
### §86 — Perjury
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Perjury when, while under a lawful oath or affirmation in a judicial or other authorized proceeding, they knowingly make a material statement they know to be false.
**Charging & stacking:** Mistake, faulty memory, opinion, or an immaterial false statement is insufficient.
***
### §90 — Conspiracy
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$1,500 · **Jail:** 20 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Conspiracy when they knowingly agree with one or more other persons to commit a felony and at least one conspirator takes an overt act beyond mere discussion in furtherance of that agreement.
**Charging & stacking:** Mere association, presence, or knowledge is insufficient. Conspiracy may be charged with a completed target offense only when the agreement and overt act are independently established; avoid duplicative punishment for the same conduct.
***
### §91 — Violating a Court Order
**Class A Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$1,250 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 20 tasks
A person who knowingly fails to comply with a lawfully issued court order or directive by a judge of San Andreas is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** The defendant must have notice of a valid, sufficiently clear court order and intentionally fail to comply.
***
### §92 — Failure to Appear
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$750 · **Jail:** 10 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
A person who willfully fails to appear at a scheduled court hearing, summons, or legal proceeding after proper notice is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** Proper notice of the required appearance and a willful failure to attend are required; emergencies or lack of notice are defenses for the court to evaluate.
***
### §93 — Contempt of Court
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$750 · **Jail:** 10 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
A person commits Contempt of Court when, in or in connection with a judicial proceeding, they willfully disobey a lawful judicial command, substantially disrupt proceedings after warning, refuse a lawful oath or testimony requirement without privilege, or otherwise obstruct the court's lawful function.
**Charging & stacking:** Judges retain inherent authority to address immediate courtroom contempt; criminal charging should be reserved for substantial or repeated conduct.
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### §94 — Resisting Arrest
**Class A Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$750 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Resisting Arrest when, knowing a peace officer is lawfully attempting to detain or arrest a person, they intentionally use physical resistance, struggle, flight on foot, or physical interference to obstruct the detention or arrest.
**Charging & stacking:** Mere argument, silence, or passive questioning is insufficient. Vehicle flight is charged as Evading or Reckless Evading.
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### §95 — Disobeying a Peace Officer
**Class C Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$250 · **Jail:** 0 months · **Cite & Release:** Eligible · **Community Service:** 10 tasks
A person commits Disobeying a Peace Officer when they knowingly fail to comply with a clear, specific, and lawful order issued by a peace officer acting within official authority, after having a reasonable opportunity to comply.
**Charging & stacking:** The order itself must be lawful; refusal to answer voluntary questions is not an offense.
***
### §98 — False Reporting
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$750 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
A person commits False Reporting when they knowingly provide materially false information to a peace officer, dispatcher, emergency service, or government agency with intent to mislead an investigation, cause an unnecessary official response, falsely accuse another, or conceal their own responsibility. Honest mistakes are insufficient.
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### §100 — Obstruction of Justice
**Class A Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$1,000 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 20 tasks
A person commits Obstruction of Justice when they intentionally hinder, delay, or interfere with a peace officer or government investigation through conduct beyond mere refusal to answer questions or exercise of a legal right.
**Charging & stacking:** Physical resistance to a lawful arrest is Resisting Arrest. Destruction or concealment of evidence is Evidence Tampering. Use the most specific offense supported by the facts.
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### §101 — Felony Obstruction of Justice
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Felony Obstruction of Justice when they intentionally obstruct a criminal investigation, prosecution, court proceeding, or official government function through substantial conduct such as coordinated concealment, use of force or threats, destruction of major evidence, or interference with a serious felony matter.
**Charging & stacking:** Use the more specific Evidence Tampering or Witness Tampering statute when those elements are established.
***
### §102 — Inciting a Riot
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$4,000 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person who, with the intent to cause a riot, urges others to commit acts of force, violence, arson, or property destruction, under circumstances that create a clear and present danger, is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** Peaceful protest, advocacy, or assembly is not Inciting a Riot without intent to produce imminent unlawful force or violence and circumstances making that result reasonably likely.
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### §103 — Loitering on Government Property
**Infraction** · **Fine:** \$250 · **Jail:** 0 months · **Cite & Release:** Eligible
A person who lingers or remains in a government-owned area with the intent to commit a crime, or who aids another in committing a crime, is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** Use only where the location is restricted or the person remains after lawful direction; mere presence on public government property is not criminal.
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### §105 — Evidence Tampering
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Evidence Tampering when, believing an official investigation or proceeding is pending or likely, they intentionally destroy, alter, conceal, fabricate, move, or plant evidence with intent to impair its availability, authenticity, or use.
**Charging & stacking:** Accidental loss or ordinary handling of property is insufficient.
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### §106 — Witness Tampering
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$5,000 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Witness Tampering when they knowingly use threats, intimidation, coercion, bribery, deception, or corrupt persuasion to influence, delay, prevent, or alter a witness's testimony, cooperation, reporting, or attendance in an official proceeding or investigation.
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### §107 — Failure to Provide Identification
**Class C Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$250 · **Jail:** 0 months · **Cite & Release:** Eligible · **Community Service:** 10 tasks
A person commits Failure to Provide Identification when, during a lawful detention or arrest where state law requires identification, they knowingly refuse to provide their true name and other minimally required identifying information after a clear lawful request.
**Charging & stacking:** This statute does not authorize officers to demand identification during a purely consensual encounter.
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### §108 — Vigilantism
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person who unlawfully assumes the role of law enforcement or attempts to enforce laws without legal authority is guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** This offense requires an intentional attempt to exercise law-enforcement authority without authorization; mere assistance to a victim or lawful self-defense is insufficient.
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### §109 — Unlawful Assembly
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$750 · **Jail:** 10 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
Whenever two or more persons assemble together to commit an unlawful act, or to commit a lawful act in a violent, boisterous, or tumultuous manner, they are guilty under this code section.
**Charging & stacking:** Peaceful assembly is not unlawful. The offense requires an agreement or common purpose to engage in unlawful or violent conduct, or refusal to disperse after a lawful order under circumstances presenting a genuine public-safety threat.
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### §110 — Government Corruption
**Class A Felony** · **Fine:** \$10,000 · **Jail:** 50 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A public official or government employee commits Government Corruption when they intentionally misuse official authority, access, property, confidential information, or discretionary power for personal gain, unlawful favoritism, criminal benefit, retaliation, or another corrupt purpose.
**Charging & stacking:** Poor judgment, negligence, or an ordinary policy violation is not enough without corrupt intent. More specific crimes such as Bribery may also apply to distinct acts.
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### §112 — Aiding and Abetting
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$1,500 · **Jail:** 20 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Aiding and Abetting when, with knowledge that another person intends to commit a felony, they intentionally aid, encourage, facilitate, or assist the commission of that felony before or during its commission and no more specific accessory statute applies.
**Charging & stacking:** Mere presence, friendship, or knowledge is insufficient. Do not stack this general offense with a specific accessory offense or with the principal offense against the same defendant for the same participation.
***
### §113 — Harboring a Fugitive
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,500 · **Jail:** 25 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 25 tasks
A person commits Harboring a Fugitive when they know another person is subject to an active felony arrest warrant or has escaped lawful custody and intentionally conceal, shelter, transport, warn, or assist that person for the purpose of preventing apprehension. Ordinary social contact is insufficient.
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### §151 — Insurrection
**Class X Felony** · **Fine:** \$25,000 · **Jail:** 240 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Insurrection when they knowingly organize, lead, materially assist, or engage in an armed or violent uprising intended to overthrow, forcibly prevent, or substantially defeat the lawful authority of the State of San Andreas or the United States.
**Charging & stacking:** Protest, civil disobedience, criticism of government, or isolated disorder is not Insurrection without the required violent anti-government objective.
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### §190 — Unauthorized Entry
**Class B Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$750 · **Jail:** 15 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 15 tasks
A person commits Unauthorized Entry when they knowingly enter the State of San Andreas through a controlled international border by intentionally avoiding an authorized port of entry, required inspection, or lawful immigration processing.
**Charging & stacking:** Immigration status alone is addressed by Unauthorized Presence and does not by itself prove unlawful entry.
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### §191 — Illegal Residence / Unauthorized Presence
**Infraction** · **Fine:** \$0 · **Jail:** 0 months · **Cite & Release:** No
Unauthorized Presence is a non-punitive immigration violation applying when a person remains within San Andreas without valid citizenship, residency, visa, lawful temporary status, or a recognized pending asylum process.
**Charging & stacking:** This provision carries no criminal fine or jail sentence by itself. Any detention or removal action must follow the applicable immigration process and server roleplay rules.
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### §192 — Harboring an Illegal Resident
**Class A Misdemeanor** · **Fine:** \$1,250 · **Jail:** 20 months · **Cite & Release:** No · **Community Service:** 20 tasks
Any person who intentionally and willfully hides the whereabouts of, attempts to prevent the discovery of, or knowingly misleads law enforcement searching for an illegal or unauthorized resident. Any person who knowingly provides employment, living quarters / housing, transportation, a vehicle, or false identification information to an illegal or unauthorized resident.
**Charging & stacking:** Ordinary humanitarian assistance is insufficient unless the person knows of the unlawful status and specifically intends to conceal the person from lawful immigration enforcement.
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### §193 — Deportation and Entry Refusal Authority
**Infraction** · **Fine:** \$0 · **Jail:** 0 months · **Cite & Release:** No
Deportation and Entry Refusal Authority is an administrative provision authorizing designated border or immigration officials to deny entry or begin lawful removal proceedings when a person lacks required status or documentation.
**Charging & stacking:** This is not a criminal charge and carries no fine or jail sentence by itself.
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### §194 — Smuggling
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$6,000 · **Jail:** 50 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Smuggling when they knowingly conceal or unlawfully transport a person, weapon, controlled substance, explosive, undeclared restricted goods, or reportable bulk currency across an international border with intent to evade lawful inspection, declaration, or entry requirements.
**Charging & stacking:** Use the more specific trafficking offense when the primary criminal conduct is weapons or controlled-substance distribution within San Andreas.
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### §223 — Accepting a Bribe
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$3,000 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A public official or government employee commits Accepting a Bribe when they knowingly solicit, accept, or agree to accept money, property, services, favors, or another benefit in exchange for being influenced in an official act, decision, omission, or exercise of discretion.
**Charging & stacking:** Bribery of a Government Official applies to the person offering or giving the corrupt benefit; this offense applies to the corrupt recipient.
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### §224 — Retaliation Against a Witness or Victim
**Class B Felony** · **Fine:** \$5,000 · **Jail:** 30 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Retaliation Against a Witness or Victim when, because another person reported a crime, cooperated with law enforcement, testified, sought a protective order, or participated in a judicial proceeding, they intentionally threaten, harm, intimidate, damage property of, or substantially harass that person in retaliation.
**Charging & stacking:** Witness Tampering addresses conduct intended to influence or prevent future testimony or cooperation; Retaliation addresses punishment for past or ongoing participation.
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### §237 — Organized Criminal Enterprise
**Class A Felony** · **Fine:** \$12,000 · **Jail:** 60 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Organized Criminal Enterprise when they knowingly direct, manage, finance, or substantially participate in an ongoing criminal organization that repeatedly commits serious felonies for profit, territorial control, or other criminal benefit.
**Charging & stacking:** Mere gang membership or association is insufficient. The State must establish an ongoing organization and a pattern of serious criminal activity.
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### §238 — Accessory After the Fact
**Class C Felony** · **Fine:** \$2,000 · **Jail:** 20 months · **Cite & Release:** No
A person commits Accessory After the Fact when, knowing that another person has completed a felony, they intentionally conceal, transport, shelter, provide false evidence for, or otherwise materially assist that offender for the purpose of avoiding identification, arrest, prosecution, or punishment.
**Charging & stacking:** This offense concerns assistance after completion of the felony. Assistance before or during the offense is Aiding and Abetting or the applicable specific accessory offense.
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