{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"146","citation":"Pen. Code, § 146","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7/chapter-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 350, Sec. 11.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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:</p><p>(a) Arrests any person or detains that person against his or her will.</p><p>(b) Seizes or levies upon any property.</p><p>(c) Dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/other-offenses-against-public-justice-146","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}