{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-693","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 693","heading":"","body":"Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the party about to be injured:\n1. To prevent an offense against his person, or his family, or some member thereof.\n2. To prevent an illegal attempt by force to take or injure property in his lawful possession.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]","CHAPTER 1. Of Lawful Resistance [692. - 694.]"],"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":"26239c8b53c9fa26880510cac1e89f8290652434066ce65e7a55e6f5fe04bd72","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-692","next":"us-ca/pen-694"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}