Every person using or procuring, encouraging or assisting another to use, any force or violence in entering upon or detaining any lands or other possessions of another, except in the cases and in the manner allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Penal Code § 418
OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 72 Cal. App. 3d 764 - Henderson v. Security Nat. Bank (1977)
Most recently applied in 208 Cal. Rptr. 3d 707 - Contreras v. Dowling (October 2016)
Enacted 1872.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.