Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

51090.7 Honor or Tributes

• The U.S.United States Flag shall not be:

  • Dipped to any person or thing. (State flags are dipped as a mark of honor.)

  • Displayed with the union down except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

  • Permitted to touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, merchandise, and so forth.

  • Festooned, but allowed to fall and hang free.

  • Used as a drapery of any sort.

  • Used as a covering for a ceiling.

  • Used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.

  • Used as the covering for a statue or monument. (However, it may form a distinctive feature of the ceremony of unveiling a statue or monument.)

  • Used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.

  • Draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle, railroad train, or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.

  • Fastened, displayed, used, or stored in a manner that permits it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.

  • Worn or used as an article of clothing.

  • Marked on, or have placed on it or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any kind.