Other Offenses Against Public Justice
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case James Timphony v. City of Pasadena (2016)
Most recently applied in James Timphony v. City of Pasadena (October 2016)
Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 350, Sec. 11.
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.
(c) Dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.