{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"777","citation":"Pen. Code, § 777","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses [777. - 795.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-3/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, for a public offense committed by him therein, except where it is by law cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except as otherwise provided by law the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of which it is committed.</p>","text":"Every person is liable to punishment by the laws of this State, for a public offense committed by him therein, except where it is by law cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States; and except as otherwise provided by law the jurisdiction of every public offense is in any competent court within the jurisdictional territory of which it is committed.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/of-the-local-jurisdiction-of-public-offenses-777","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}