{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-7326","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 7326","heading":"","body":"Any person who willfully assists any judicially committed or remanded patient of a state hospital or other public or private mental health facility to escape, to attempt to escape therefrom, or to resist being returned from a leave of absence shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both such imprisonment and fine; or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both such imprisonment and fine.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS [7100. - 7700.]","CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered [7200. - 7375.]","ARTICLE 5. Transfer of Patients [7300. - 7329.]"],"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":"6b54518b1432f619934d033103a6cba5719dfc3a495753e6df0761ccaf604b56","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-7325.5","next":"us-ca/wic-7327"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}