{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-146","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 146","heading":"","body":"Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, does any of the following, without a regular process or other lawful authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor:\n(a) Arrests any person or detains that person against his or her will.\n(b) Seizes or levies upon any property.\n(c) Dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements.","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":"b5cf256e5d58d5a73cceb287955ba19f9ebbcbaec6b62cd28fb72ce463d432b7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-145.5","next":"us-ca/pen-146a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}