{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"846","citation":"Pen. Code, § 846","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 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made [833. - 851.93.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-3/chapter-5"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person making an arrest may take from the person arrested all offensive weapons which he may have about his person, and must deliver them to the magistrate before whom he is taken.</p>","text":"Any person making an arrest may take from the person arrested all offensive weapons which he may have about his person, and must deliver them to the magistrate before whom he is taken.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/arrest-by-whom-and-how-made-846","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}