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      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: anchor",
      "summary": "California's recording-consent rules are in the Penal Code, Part 1, Title 15, Chapter 1.5 (Invasion of Privacy, sections 630-638); AB 1671 (Chapter 855, Statutes of 2016) amended Penal Code sections 632, 633.5 and 637.2 and added 632.01.",
      "body": "California's recording-consent rules are in the Penal Code, Part 1, Title 15, Chapter 1.5 (Invasion of Privacy, sections 630-638); AB 1671 (Chapter 855, Statutes of 2016) amended Penal Code sections 632, 633.5 and 637.2 and added 632.01.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“An act to amend Sections 632, 633.5, and 637.2 of, and to add Section 632.01 to, the Penal Code, relating to confidential communications.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "An act to amend Sections 632, 633.5, and 637.2 of, and to add Section 632.01 to, the Penal Code, relating to confidential communications.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "anchor",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: all-party consent - operative language",
      "summary": "Penal Code 632(a) makes it a crime to eavesdrop on or record a confidential communication without the consent of all parties, punishable by a fine up to $2,500 per violation, county jail up to one year, or state prison.",
      "body": "Penal Code 632(a) makes it a crime to eavesdrop on or record a confidential communication without the consent of all parties, punishable by a fine up to $2,500 per violation, county jail up to one year, or state prison.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“632. (a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "632. (a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "all-party consent - operative language",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c3",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: repeat penalty",
      "summary": "Under Penal Code 632(a), a person with a prior conviction under 632, 631, 632.5, 632.6, 632.7 or 636 faces a fine up to $10,000 per violation (a wobbler: county jail or state prison).",
      "body": "Under Penal Code 632(a), a person with a prior conviction under 632, 631, 632.5, 632.6, 632.7 or 636 faces a fine up to $10,000 per violation (a wobbler: county jail or state prison).\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“If the person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or Section 631, 632.5, 632.6, 632.7, or 636, the person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "If the person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or Section 631, 632.5, 632.6, 632.7, or 636, the person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "repeat penalty",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c4",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: confidential communication definition",
      "summary": "Penal Code 632(c) limits the offense to \"confidential communications\" and excludes public gatherings and settings where parties may reasonably expect to be overheard or recorded.",
      "body": "Penal Code 632(c) limits the offense to \"confidential communications\" and excludes public gatherings and settings where parties may reasonably expect to be overheard or recorded.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“(c) For the purposes of this section, “confidential communication” means any communication carried on in circumstances as may reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto, but excludes a communication made in a public gathering or in any legislative, judicial, executive, or administrative proceeding open to the public, or in any other circumstance in which the parties to the communication may reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "(c) For the purposes of this section, “confidential communication” means any communication carried on in circumstances as may reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto, but excludes a communication made in a public gathering or in any legislative, judicial, executive, or administrative proceeding open to the public, or in any other circumstance in which the parties to the communication may reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "confidential communication definition",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c5",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: known recorder excluded",
      "summary": "Penal Code 632(b) excludes from \"person\" an individual known by all parties to be overhearing or recording the communication.",
      "body": "Penal Code 632(b) excludes from \"person\" an individual known by all parties to be overhearing or recording the communication.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“but excludes an individual known by all parties to a confidential communication to be overhearing or recording the communication.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "but excludes an individual known by all parties to a confidential communication to be overhearing or recording the communication.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "known recorder excluded",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c6",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: evidence exclusion",
      "summary": "Penal Code 632(d) makes evidence obtained in violation of section 632 inadmissible, except in a prosecution for violating it.",
      "body": "Penal Code 632(d) makes evidence obtained in violation of section 632 inadmissible, except in a prosecution for violating it.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“(d) Except as proof in an action or prosecution for violation of this section, evidence obtained as a result of eavesdropping upon or recording a confidential communication in violation of this section is not admissible in any judicial, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "(d) Except as proof in an action or prosecution for violation of this section, evidence obtained as a result of eavesdropping upon or recording a confidential communication in violation of this section is not admissible in any judicial, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "evidence exclusion",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
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        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c7",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: exceptions - utilities, correctional facilities",
      "summary": "Penal Code 632(e) exempts public utilities acting for construction/maintenance of service, tariff-furnished equipment, and correctional-facility telephone systems.",
      "body": "Penal Code 632(e) exempts public utilities acting for construction/maintenance of service, tariff-furnished equipment, and correctional-facility telephone systems.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“(e) This section does not apply (1) to any public utility engaged in the business of providing communications services and facilities, or to the officers, employees, or agents thereof, if the acts otherwise prohibited by this section are for the purpose of construction, maintenance, conduct, or operation of the services and facilities of the public utility, (2) to the use of any instrument, equipment, facility, or service furnished and used pursuant to the tariffs of a public utility, or (3) to any telephonic communication system used for communication exclusively within a state, county, city and county, or city correctional facility.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "(e) This section does not apply (1) to any public utility engaged in the business of providing communications services and facilities, or to the officers, employees, or agents thereof, if the acts otherwise prohibited by this section are for the purpose of construction, maintenance, conduct, or operation of the services and facilities of the public utility, (2) to the use of any instrument, equipment, facility, or service furnished and used pursuant to the tariffs of a public utility, or (3) to any telephonic communication system used for communication exclusively within a state, county, city and county, or city correctional facility.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "exceptions - utilities, correctional facilities",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c8",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: exception - evidence of serious crimes",
      "summary": "Penal Code 633.5 lets one party record a confidential communication to obtain evidence of extortion, kidnapping, bribery, a violent felony (including human trafficking), or a violation of section 653m.",
      "body": "Penal Code 633.5 lets one party record a confidential communication to obtain evidence of extortion, kidnapping, bribery, a violent felony (including human trafficking), or a violation of section 653m.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“633.5. Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits one party to a confidential communication from recording the communication for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of the crime of extortion, kidnapping, bribery, any felony involving violence against the person, including, but not limited to, human trafficking, as defined in Section 231.6, or a violation of Section 653m.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "633.5. Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits one party to a confidential communication from recording the communication for the purpose of obtaining evidence reasonably believed to relate to the commission by another party to the communication of the crime of extortion, kidnapping, bribery, any felony involving violence against the person, including, but not limited to, human trafficking, as defined in Section 231.6, or a violation of Section 653m.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "exception - evidence of serious crimes",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c9",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: civil remedy - damages",
      "summary": "Penal Code 637.2(a) gives anyone injured by a violation of the chapter a civil action for the greater of $5,000 per violation or three times actual damages.",
      "body": "Penal Code 637.2(a) gives anyone injured by a violation of the chapter a civil action for the greater of $5,000 per violation or three times actual damages.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“637.2. (a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the greater of the following amounts: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. (2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "637.2. (a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the greater of the following amounts: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. (2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "civil remedy - damages",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
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        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_c10",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: civil remedy - injunction, no actual damages needed",
      "summary": "Penal Code 637.2(b) and (c) allow injunctions and make actual damages unnecessary for a civil action.",
      "body": "Penal Code 637.2(b) and (c) allow injunctions and make actual damages unnecessary for a civil action.\n\nWhat California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855) actually says:\n\n“(c) It is not a necessary prerequisite to an action pursuant to this section that the plaintiff has suffered, or be threatened with, actual damages.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California Legislature (leginfo.ca.gov, AB 1671 chaptered, Stats. 2016 ch. 855)",
      "evidence_quote": "(c) It is not a necessary prerequisite to an action pursuant to this section that the plaintiff has suffered, or be threatened with, actual damages.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "civil remedy - injunction, no actual damages needed",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "CA",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
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        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_q1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: video-only recording / attorney fees / AG and judicial self-help pages",
      "summary": "Video-only recording is not exempt from the prohibition on eavesdropping upon or recording confidential communications.",
      "body": "Video-only recording is not exempt from the prohibition on eavesdropping upon or recording confidential communications.\n\nWhat California (official) actually says:\n\n“(a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "California (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "(a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "493-california-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "California",
      "topic": "video-only recording / attorney fees / AG and judicial self-help pages",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "California",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ca"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_q2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: video-only recording / attorney fees / AG and judicial self-help pages",
      "summary": "Attorney fees are not explicitly mentioned as recoverable damages in the provided text for violations of the confidential communication recording laws.",
      "body": "Attorney fees are not explicitly mentioned as recoverable damages in the provided text for violations of the confidential communication recording laws.\n\nWhat California (official) actually says:\n\n“(a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the greater of the following amounts: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. (2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1671_bill_20160930_chaptered.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "(a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the greater of the following amounts: (1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. (2) Three times the amount of actual damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff.",
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      "title": "California: video-only recording / attorney fees / AG and judicial self-help pages",
      "summary": "The official website for the State of California is ca.gov.",
      "body": "The official website for the State of California is ca.gov.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“\"website\":{\"wt\":\"{{url|https://ca.gov/}}\"}”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: video-only recording / attorney fees / AG and judicial self-help pages",
      "summary": "The official language of California is English.",
      "body": "The official language of California is English.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“\"OfficialLang\":{\"wt\":\"[[Template:Official languages of U.S. states and territories|English]]\"}”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
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      "id": "learn_r493_california_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_california_493_q5",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "California: video-only recording / attorney fees / AG and judicial self-help pages",
      "summary": "The judiciary of California is the Supreme Court of California.",
      "body": "The judiciary of California is the Supreme Court of California.\n\nWhat en.wikipedia.org actually says:\n\n“\"Judiciary\":{\"wt\":\"[[Supreme Court of California]]\"}”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program; tier/confidence conservative - the verify gate decides",
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