{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-210.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 210.5","heading":"","body":"Every person who commits the offense of false imprisonment, as defined in Section 236, against a person for purposes of protection from arrest, which substantially increases the risk of harm to the victim, or for purposes of using the person as a shield is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for three, five, or eight years.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","CHAPTER 3.5. Hostages [210.5. - 210.5.]"],"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":"542d3fba9967efcc2d93f399ff6224a202a8167043fa41cde7c150811563acea","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-210","next":"us-ca/pen-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}