Cal. Pen. Code § 146

Current through the 2023 Legislative Session.

Section 146 - Acts done without regular process or other lawful authority

Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, does any of the following, without a regular process or other lawful authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(a) Arrests any person or detains that person against his or her will.

(b) Seizes or levies upon any property.

(c) Dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements.

Ca. Pen. Code § 146

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 350, Sec. 11.