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Cal. Penal Code § 237

False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Hernandez-Gonzalez v. Holder (2015)

Most recently applied in Hernandez-Gonzalez v. Holder (February 2015)

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 288

(a) False imprisonment is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If the false imprisonment be effected by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit, it shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

(b) False imprisonment of an elder or dependent adult by use of violence, menace, fraud, or deceit shall be punishable as described in subdivision (f) of Section 368.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.