{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-849.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 849.5","heading":"","body":"In any case in which a person is arrested and released and no accusatory pleading is filed charging him with an offense, any record of arrest of the person shall include a record of release. Thereafter, the arrest shall not be deemed an arrest, but a detention only.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","CHAPTER 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made [833. - 851.93.]"],"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":"2178c3aaaad50074ab8e42cd46fb6fcc6c340a45fd9e99b7d31ada8d242482f9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-849","next":"us-ca/pen-850"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}