{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-824","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 824","heading":"","body":"When an adult willfully misrepresents himself or herself to be a minor under 18 years of age when taken into custody and this misrepresentation effects a material delay in investigation which prevents the filing of a criminal complaint against him or her in a court of competent jurisdiction within 48 hours, the complaint shall be filed within 48 hours from the time the true age is determined, excluding nonjudicial days.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","CHAPTER 4. The Warrant of Arrest [813. - 829.]"],"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":"1affa9c67d51297d8f1f089d86ee77d765ffd437c6a62e396411746b5c10728e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-823","next":"us-ca/pen-825"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}