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CALCRIM No. 2440

Maintaining a Place for Controlled Substance Sale or Use

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

(Health & Saf. Code, § 11366)

The defendant is charged [in Count] with (opening/ [or]

maintaining) a place for the (sale/ [or] use) of a (controlled substance/

[or] narcotic drug) [in violation of Health and Safety Code section

11366].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant (opened/ [or] maintained) a place;

AND

2. The defendant (opened/ [or] maintained) the place with the intent

to (sell[,]/ [or] give away[,]/ [or] allow others to use) a (controlled

substance/ [or] narcotic drug), specifically <insert

name of drug>, on a continuous or repeated basis at that place.

New January 2006; Revised August 2009, October 2010

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
Content hash
ddeaaff7735a27693817f8ac8b1c853b1b0128de9be7ee2be4fd639a98a801fc
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