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Penal Code § 849.5

CHAPTER 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 849.5Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1117.

In any case in which a person is arrested and released and no accusatory pleading is filed charging him with an offense, any record of arrest of the person shall include a record of release. Thereafter, the arrest shall not be deemed an arrest, but a detention only.