{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-149","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 149","heading":"","body":"Every public officer who, under color of authority, without lawful necessity, assaults or beats any person, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by both that fine and imprisonment.","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":"6b42be5f3dc0128e36977f0bef5ca9d3599da37b42a3d166576ea26efc1ab1d7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-148.10","next":"us-ca/pen-151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}