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Penal Code § 854

CHAPTER 6. Retaking After an Escape or Rescue

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 854Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

If a person arrested escape or is rescued, the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued, may immediately pursue and retake him at any time and in any place within the State.