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Penal Code § 782

CHAPTER 1. Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 782Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.

When a public offense is committed on the boundary of two or more jurisdictional territories, or within 500 yards thereof, the jurisdiction of such offense is in any competent court within either jurisdictional territory.