Welfare and Institutions Code section 605

Whenever a petition is filed in a juvenile court alleging that a minor is a person within the description of Section 602, and while the case is before the juvenile court, the statute of limitations applicable under the general law to the offense alleged to bring the minor within such description is suspended.

Source: Section 605, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=605. (updated Jan. 1, 1961; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_605

Original Source: Section 605, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=605. (last accessed May 12, 2025).