An arrest is made by an actual restraint of the person, or by submission to the custody of an officer. The person arrested may be subjected to such restraint as is reasonable for his arrest and detention.
Cal. Penal Code § 835
Arrest, by Whom and How Made
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case 33 Cal. 3d 572 - People v. Fosselman (1983)
Most recently applied in C.B. v. Sonora School District (September 2011)
Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2147.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.