Lewd and Lascivious Conduct

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Lewd/Lascivious Conduct

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Lewd conduct is defined as touching your private parts (or another's private parts) when you do so for the purpose of sexual gratification, or to annoy or offend someone else. Private parts refer to the genitals, the buttocks, or a female breast. In and of itself, sexual activity... even in a public place... is not a crime. It only rises to the level of "lewd conduct" when you know, or you reasonably should know, that there is likely to be someone present or watching who would be offended by your conduct.

Currently, a conviction for lewd conduct in public does not require registration as a sex offender. However, prosecutors often charge it together with Penal Code 314 indecent exposure, which does trigger lifetime sex offender registration.