{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-698","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 698","heading":"","body":"When the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons, who, by their command, act in their aid, are justified in so doing.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]","CHAPTER 2. Of the Intervention of the Officers of Justice [697. - 698.]"],"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":"f60c79ee32e796a6f5ddd48e07b68c2b39398359641acb6409967ad85e923c80","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-697","next":"us-ca/pen-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}