{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-702","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 702","heading":"","body":"When the information is laid before such magistrate he must examine on oath the informer, and any witness he may produce, and must take their depositions in writing, and cause them to be subscribed by the parties making them.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]","CHAPTER 3. Security to Keep the Peace [701. - 714.]"],"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":"8fbaec0128f63b4a4b3bbd2ffeede4ee1a05ede6ecc85753020d495d7549ccde","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-701.5","next":"us-ca/pen-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}