{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-236","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 236","heading":"","body":"False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","CHAPTER 8. False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking [236. - 237.]"],"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":"2b92078109ec09ea2567d63e1c8901544571bd91b0e014bb8e9ebe2e3d9cdc66","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-222","next":"us-ca/pen-236.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}