{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-647c","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 647c","heading":"","body":"Every person who willfully and maliciously obstructs the free movement of any person on any street, sidewalk, or other public place or on or in any place open to the public is guilty of a misdemeanor.\nNothing in this section affects the power of a county or a city to regulate conduct upon a street, sidewalk, or other public place or on or in a place open to the public.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES [626. - 653.75.]","CHAPTER 2. Of Other and Miscellaneous Offenses [639. - 653.2.]"],"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":"24294230f1097573a2cc832c5413d5a2718f6552cb494e468b1fae4b100250fe","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-647b","next":"us-ca/pen-647d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}