California Code
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 1 - Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses

Section 777. - 777. Every person is liable to punishment by the laws...

Section 777a. - 777a. If a parent violates the provisions of Section 270...

Section 777b. - 777b. Perjury, in violation of Section 118, committed outside of...

Section 778. - 778. When the commission of a public offense, commenced without...

Section 778a. - 778a. (a) Whenever a person, with intent to commit a...

Section 778b. - 778b. Every person who, being out of this state, causes,...

Section 781. - 781. Except as provided in Section 923, when a public...

Section 782. - 782. When a public offense is committed on the boundary...

Section 783. - 783. When a public offense is committed in this State,...

Section 783.5. - 783.5. When a public offense is committed in a park...

Section 784. - 784. The jurisdiction of a criminal action: (a) For forcibly...

Section 784.5. - 784.5. The jurisdiction of a criminal action for a violation...

Section 784.7. - 784.7. (a) If more than one violation of Section 220,...

Section 784.8. - 784.8. If more than one felony violation of subdivision (d)...

Section 785. - 785. When the offense of incest is committed in the...

Section 786. - 786. (a) If property taken in one jurisdictional territory by...

Section 786.5. - 786.5. The jurisdiction of a criminal action brought by the...

Section 787. - 787. When multiple offenses punishable under one or more of...

Section 788. - 788. The jurisdiction of a criminal action for treason, when...

Section 789. - 789. The jurisdiction of a criminal action for stealing or...

Section 790. - 790. (a) The jurisdiction of a criminal action for murder...

Section 791. - 791. In the case of an accessory, as defined in...

Section 792. - 792. The jurisdiction of a criminal action against a principal...

Section 793. - 793. When an act charged as a public offense is...

Section 793.5. - 793.5. Any person convicted of a crime based upon an...

Section 794. - 794. Where an offense is within the jurisdiction of two...

Section 795. - 795. The jurisdiction of a violation of Sections 412, 413,...

CHAPTER 2 - Time of Commencing Criminal Actions

Section 799. - 799. (a) Prosecution for an offense punishable by death or...

Section 800. - 800. Except as provided in Section 799, prosecution for an...

Section 801. - 801. Except as provided in Sections 799 and 800, prosecution...

Section 801.1. - 801.1. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described...

Section 801.2. - 801.2. Notwithstanding any other limitation of time prescribed in this...

Section 801.5. - 801.5. Notwithstanding Section 801 or any other provision of law,...

Section 801.6. - 801.6. Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in this...

Section 801.7. - 801.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 801 or any other law, prosecution...

Section 801.8. - 801.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in...

Section 802. - 802. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d),...

Section 802.5. - 802.5. Notwithstanding Section 802 or any other provision of law,...

Section 803. - 803. (a) Except as provided in this section, a limitation...

Section 803. - 803. (a) Except as provided in this section, a limitation...

Section 803.5. - 803.5. With respect to a violation of Section 115 or...

Section 803.6. - 803.6. (a) If more than one time period described in...

Section 803.7. - 803.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, prosecution for a violation...

Section 804. - 804. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for the...

Section 805. - 805. For the purpose of determining the applicable limitation of...

CHAPTER 3 - Complaints Before Magistrates

Section 806. - 806. A proceeding for the examination before a magistrate of...

Section 807. - 807. A magistrate is an officer having power to issue...

Section 808. - 808. The following persons are magistrates: (a) The judges of...

Section 809. - 809. The night-time commissioner of the Santa Clara County Superior...

Section 810. - 810. (a) The presiding judge of the superior court in...

CHAPTER 4 - The Warrant of Arrest

Section 813. - 813. (a) When a complaint is filed with a magistrate...

Section 814. - 814. A warrant of arrest issued under Section 813 may...

Section 815. - 815. A warrant of arrest shall specify the name of...

Section 815a. - 815a. At the time of issuing a warrant of arrest,...

Section 816. - 816. A warrant of arrest shall be directed generally to...

Section 816a. - 816a. A summons issued pursuant to Section 813 shall be...

Section 817. - 817. (a) (1) Before issuing an arrest warrant, the magistrate...

Section 817.5. - 817.5. (a) On or after June 30, 2001, upon the...

Section 818. - 818. In any case in which a peace officer serves...

Section 819. - 819. (a) It is the public policy of the state...

Section 821. - 821. If the offense charged is a felony, and the...

Section 822. - 822. If the offense charged is a misdemeanor, and the...

Section 823. - 823. On taking the bail, the magistrate must certify that...

Section 824. - 824. When an adult willfully misrepresents himself or herself to...

Section 825. - 825. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the...

Section 825.5. - 825.5. Any physician and surgeon, including a psychiatrist, licensed to...

Section 826. - 826. If on a warrant issued under Section 813 or...

Section 827. - 827. When a complaint is filed with a magistrate of...

Section 827.1. - 827.1. A person who is specified or designated in a...

Section 828. - 828. The officer who executes the warrant must take the...

Section 829. - 829. When a complaint is filed with a magistrate of...

CHAPTER 4.2 - Code Enforcement Officers

Section 829.5. - 829.5. (a) “Code enforcement officer” means any person who is...

Section 829.7. - 829.7. Each local jurisdiction that employs code enforcement officers shall...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Peace Officers

Section 830. - 830. Any person who comes within the provisions of this...

Section 830.1. - 830.1. (a) A sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, employed in...

Section 830.2. - 830.2. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.3. - 830.3. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.31. - 830.31. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.32. - 830.32. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.33. - 830.33. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.34. - 830.34. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.35. - 830.35. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.36. - 830.36. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.37. - 830.37. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.38. - 830.38. (a) The officers of a state hospital under the...

Section 830.39. - 830.39. (a) Any regularly employed law enforcement officer of the...

Section 830.4. - 830.4. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.41. - 830.41. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of...

Section 830.5. - 830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends...

Section 830.55. - 830.55. (a) (1) As used in this section, a correctional...

Section 830.6. - 830.6. (a) (1) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or...

Section 830.65. - 830.65. (a) Any person who is a regularly employed police...

Section 830.7. - 830.7. The following persons are not peace officers but may...

Section 830.75. - 830.75. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 830.7, a person...

Section 830.8. - 830.8. (a) Federal criminal investigators and law enforcement officers are...

Section 830.85. - 830.85. Notwithstanding any other law, United States Immigration and Customs...

Section 830.9. - 830.9. Animal control officers are not peace officers but may...

Section 830.95. - 830.95. (a) Any person who wears the uniform of a...

Section 830.10. - 830.10. Any uniformed peace officer shall wear a badge, nameplate,...

Section 830.11. - 830.11. (a) The following persons are not peace officers but...

Section 830.12. - 830.12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons designated by...

Section 830.13. - 830.13. (a) The following persons are not peace officers but...

Section 830.14. - 830.14. (a) A local or regional transit agency or a...

Section 830.15. - 830.15. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 830.33, a person...

Section 831. - 831. (a) A custodial officer is a public officer, not...

Section 831.4. - 831.4. (a) (1) A sheriff’s or police security officer is...

Section 831.5. - 831.5. (a) As used in this section, a custodial officer...

Section 831.6. - 831.6. (a) A transportation officer is a public officer, not...

Section 831.7. - 831.7. (a) As used in this section, a custody assistant...

Section 832. - 832. (a) Every person described in this chapter as a...

Section 832.05. - 832.05. (a) Each state or local department or agency that...

Section 832.1. - 832.1. Any airport security officer, airport policeman, or airport special...

Section 832.2. - 832.2. Every school police reserve officer, as described in Section...

Section 832.25. - 832.25. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all welfare...

Section 832.3. - 832.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), any sheriff,...

Section 832.4. - 832.4. (a) Any undersheriff or deputy sheriff of a county,...

Section 832.5. - 832.5. (a) (1) Each department or agency in this state...

Section 832.6. - 832.6. (a) Every person deputized or appointed, as described in...

Section 832.7. - 832.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the personnel...

Section 832.8. - 832.8. As used in Section 832.7, the following words or...

Section 832.9. - 832.9. (a) A governmental entity employing a peace officer, as...

Section 832.12. - 832.12. (a) Each department or agency in this state that...

Section 832.13. - 832.13. Every person employed as a peace officer shall immediately...

Section 832.15. - 832.15. (a) On and after October 1, 1993, the Department...

Section 832.16. - 832.16. (a) On and after October 1, 1993, the Department...

Section 832.17. - 832.17. (a) Upon request by a state or local agency,...

Section 832.18. - 832.18. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made

Section 833. - 833. A peace officer may search for dangerous weapons any...

Section 833.2. - 833.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 833.5. - 833.5. (a) In addition to any other detention permitted by...

Section 834. - 834. An arrest is taking a person into custody, in...

Section 834a. - 834a. If a person has knowledge, or by the exercise...

Section 834c. - 834c. (a) (1) In accordance with federal law and the...

Section 835. - 835. An arrest is made by an actual restraint of...

Section 835a. - 835a. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 836. - 836. (a) A peace officer may arrest a person in...

Section 836.1. - 836.1. When a person commits an assault or battery against...

Section 836.3. - 836.3. A peace officer may make an arrest in obedience...

Section 836.5. - 836.5. (a) A public officer or employee, when authorized by...

Section 836.6. - 836.6. (a) It is unlawful for any person who is...

Section 837. - 837. A private person may arrest another: 1. For a...

Section 838. - 838. A magistrate may orally order a peace officer or...

Section 839. - 839. Any person making an arrest may orally summon as...

Section 840. - 840. An arrest for the commission of a felony may...

Section 841. - 841. The person making the arrest must inform the person...

Section 841.5. - 841.5. (a) Except as otherwise required by Chapter 10 (commencing...

Section 842. - 842. An arrest by a peace officer acting under a...

Section 843. - 843. When the arrest is being made by an officer...

Section 844. - 844. To make an arrest, a private person, if the...

Section 845. - 845. Any person who has lawfully entered a house for...

Section 846. - 846. Any person making an arrest may take from the...

Section 847. - 847. (a) A private person who has arrested another for...

Section 847.5. - 847.5. If a person has been admitted to bail in...

Section 848. - 848. An officer making an arrest, in obedience to a...

Section 849. - 849. (a) When an arrest is made without a warrant...

Section 849.5. - 849.5. In any case in which a person is arrested...

Section 850. - 850. (a) A telegraphic copy of a warrant or an...

Section 851. - 851. Every officer causing telegraphic copies or abstracts of warrants...

Section 851.5. - 851.5. (a) (1) Immediately upon being booked and, except where...

Section 851.6. - 851.6. (a) In any case in which a person is...

Section 851.7. - 851.7. (a) Any person who has been arrested for a...

Section 851.8. - 851.8. (a) In any case where a person has been...

Section 851.85. - 851.85. Whenever a person is acquitted of a charge and...

Section 851.86. - 851.86. Whenever a person is convicted of a charge, and...

Section 851.865. - 851.865. (a) If a person has secured a declaration of...

Section 851.87. - 851.87. (a) (1) In any case where a person is...

Section 851.90. - 851.90. (a) (1) Whenever a person is diverted pursuant to...

Section 851.91. - 851.91. (a) A person who has suffered an arrest that...

Section 851.92. - 851.92. (a) This section applies when an arrest record is...

Section 851.93. - 851.93. (a) (1) On a monthly basis, the Department of...

Section 851.93. - 851.93. (a) (1) On a monthly basis, the Department of...

CHAPTER 5A - Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit

Section 852. - 852. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Act...

Section 852.1. - 852.1. As used in this chapter: (a) “State” means any...

Section 852.2. - 852.2. Any peace officer of another State, who enters this...

Section 852.3. - 852.3. If an arrest is made in this State by...

Section 852.4. - 852.4. Section 852.2 of this code shall not be construed...

CHAPTER 5B - Interstate Jurisdiction

ARTICLE 1 - Colorado River Crime Enforcement Compact

Section 853.1. - 853.1. (a) Pursuant to the authority vested in this state...

Section 853.2. - 853.2. (a) All courts and officers now or hereafter having...

ARTICLE 2 - California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on Interstate Waters

Section 853.3. - 853.3. (a) Pursuant to the authority vested in this state...

Section 853.4. - 853.4. (a) As used in this compact, unless the context...

CHAPTER 5C - Citations for Misdemeanors

Section 853.5. - 853.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, in any...

Section 853.6. - 853.6. (a) (1) When a person is arrested for an...

Section 853.6. - 853.6. (a) (1) When a person is arrested for an...

Section 853.6a. - 853.6a. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if the...

Section 853.7. - 853.7. Any person who willfully violates his or her written...

Section 853.7a. - 853.7a. (a) In addition to the fees authorized or required...

Section 853.8. - 853.8. When a person signs a written promise to appear...

Section 853.85. - 853.85. This chapter shall not apply in any case where...

CHAPTER 5D - Filing Complaint After Citation

Section 853.9. - 853.9. (a) (1) If written notice to appear has been...

CHAPTER 6 - Retaking After an Escape or Rescue

Section 854. - 854. If a person arrested escape or is rescued, the...

Section 855. - 855. To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person...

CHAPTER 7 - Examination of the Case, and Discharge of the Defendant, or Holding Him to Answer

Section 858. - 858. (a) When the defendant first appears for arraignment on...

Section 858.5. - 858.5. (a) In any case in which a defendant is,...

Section 858.7. - 858.7. (a) In any case in which the defendant has...

Section 859. - 859. When the defendant is charged with the commission of...

Section 859.1. - 859.1. (a) In any criminal proceeding in which the defendant...

Section 859.5. - 859.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 859.7. - 859.7. (a) All law enforcement agencies and prosecutorial entities shall...

Section 859a. - 859a. (a) If the public offense charged is a felony...

Section 859b. - 859b. At the time the defendant appears before the magistrate...

Section 859c. - 859c. Procedures under this code that provide for superior court...

Section 860. - 860. At the time set for the examination of the...

Section 861. - 861. (a) The preliminary examination shall be completed at one...

Section 861.5. - 861.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 861, the magistrate may...

Section 862. - 862. If a postponement is had, the magistrate must commit...

Section 863. - 863. The commitment for examination is made by an indorsement,...

Section 864. - 864. At the examination, the magistrate must first read to...

Section 865. - 865. The witnesses must be examined in the presence of...

Section 866. - 866. (a) When the examination of witnesses on the part...

Section 866.5. - 866.5. The defendant may not be examined at the examination,...

Section 867. - 867. While a witness is under examination, the magistrate shall,...

Section 868. - 868. The examination shall be open and public. However, upon...

Section 868.4. - 868.4. (a) If requested by either party in a criminal...

Section 868.5. - 868.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a prosecuting witness in...

Section 868.6. - 868.6. (a) It is the purpose of this section to...

Section 868.7. - 868.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the magistrate...

Section 868.8. - 868.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any criminal...

Section 869. - 869. The testimony of each witness in cases of homicide...

Section 870. - 870. The magistrate or his or her clerk shall keep...

Section 871. - 871. If, after hearing the proofs, it appears either that...

Section 871.5. - 871.5. (a) When an action is dismissed by a magistrate...

Section 871.6. - 871.6. If in a felony case the magistrate sets the...

Section 872. - 872. (a) If, however, it appears from the examination that...

Section 872.5. - 872.5. Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 1520) of Chapter...

Section 873. - 873. If the offense is not bailable, the following words...

Section 875. - 875. If the offense is bailable, and the defendant is...

Section 876. - 876. If the magistrate order the defendant to be committed,...

Section 877. - 877. The commitment must be to the following effect except...

Section 877a. - 877a. When the commitment is made under the provisions of...

Section 878. - 878. On holding the defendant to answer or on a...

Section 879. - 879. When the magistrate or a Judge of the Court...

Section 880. - 880. Infants who are material witnesses against the defendant may...

Section 881. - 881. (a) If a witness, required to enter into an...

Section 882. - 882. When, however, it satisfactorily appears by examination, on oath...

Section 883. - 883. When a magistrate has discharged a defendant, or has...