{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-145","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 145","heading":"","body":"Every public officer or other person, having arrested any person upon a criminal charge, who willfully delays to take such person before a magistrate having jurisdiction, to take his examination, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","CHAPTER 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice [142. - 181.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"dadd026ca8e514cbc8f4880092b907b1ef08c92d7abb6c1661147ea228e24897","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-142","next":"us-ca/pen-145.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}