Of Crimes Against Public Justice — California Penal Code — Other Offenses Against Public Justice — Acts done without regular process or other lawful authority

Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, does any of the following, without a regular process or other lawful authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor:

(a) Arrests any person or detains that person against his or her will.

(b) Seizes or levies upon any property.

Ca. Pen. Code § 146