Penalties, Punishment, and Sentencing for Penal Code 314 PC
Typically, California Penal Code 314 PC violations are misdemeanor offenses. If convicted of "simple" misdemeanor indecent exposure, you face
up to six months in a county jail,
a maximum fine of $1,000, and
a lifetime duty to register as a sex offender pursuant to Penal Code 290.12
"Aggravated" indecent exposure
If you expose yourself in an "inhabited" (lived in) home, trailer coach, or building13 .that you enter without permission. you commit "aggravated" indecent exposure.14 If charged as a misdemeanor, this offense subjects you to the same penalties described above, but your maximum jail sentence increases to one year.15
If charged with this offense as a felony, you face
16 months, or two, or three years in the California State Prison,16
up to $10,000 in fines17, and
a lifetime duty to register as a sex offender18.
Repeat offenders -- automatic felony indecent exposure
Finally, if you are either
1.convicted of Penal Code 314 PC "indecent exposure" for a second or subsequent time, or
2.suffer your first "indecent exposure" conviction, but have a prior conviction for Penal Code 288 PC "lewd acts with a minor",
3.you face the same penalties that were previously listed under "aggravated" felony indecent exposure.19