{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-240","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 240","heading":"","body":"An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person 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 9. Assault and Battery [240. - 248.]"],"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":"3fde415874126a8148743b2f83c1c45927a8668872f21300bab3e0488af9e159","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-237","next":"us-ca/pen-241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}