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CA Penal Code § 836.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 836.1.

836.1.  When a person commits an assault or battery against the person of a firefighter, emergency medical technician, or mobile intensive care paramedic while that person is on duty engaged in the performance of his or her duties in violation of subdivision (b) of Section 241 or subdivision (b) of Section 243, a peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest the person who commits the assault or battery:(a) Whenever the peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed the assault or battery, although the assault or battery was not committed in the peace officer’s presence.(b) Whenever the peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed the assault or battery, whether or not the assault or battery has in fact been committed.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 52, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Penal Code § 836.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 836.3.

836.3.  A peace officer may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him, or may, without a warrant, arrest a person who, while charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor, has escaped from any county or city jail, prison, industrial farm or industrial road camp or from the custody of the officer or person in charge of him while engaged on any county road or other county work or going to or returning from such county road or other county work or from the custody of any officer or person in whose lawful custody he is when such escape is not by force or violence.(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 609.)
CA Penal Code § 836.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 836.5.

836.5.  (a) A public officer or employee, when authorized by ordinance, may arrest a person without a warrant whenever the officer or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in the presence of the officer or employee that is a violation of a statute or ordinance that the officer or employee has the duty to enforce.(b) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any public officer or employee acting pursuant to subdivision (a) and within the scope of his or her authority for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any arrest that is lawful or that the public officer or employee, at the time of the arrest, had reasonable cause to believe was lawful. No officer or employee shall be deemed an aggressor or lose his or her right to self-defense by the use of reasonable force to effect the arrest, prevent escape, or overcome resistance.(c) In any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to subdivision (a) and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the public officer or employee making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his or her promise to appear, as prescribed by Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5). The provisions of that chapter shall thereafter apply with reference to any proceeding based upon the issuance of a written notice to appear pursuant to this authority.(d) The governing body of a local agency, by ordinance, may authorize its officers and employees who have the duty to enforce a statute or ordinance to arrest persons for violations of the statute or ordinance as provided in subdivision (a).(e) For purposes of this section, “ordinance” includes an order, rule, or regulation of any air pollution control district.(f) For purposes of this section, a “public officer or employee” includes an officer or employee of a nonprofit transit corporation wholly owned by a local agency and formed to carry out the purposes of the local agency.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 324, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Penal Code § 836.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 836.6.

836.6.  (a) It is unlawful for any person who is remanded by a magistrate or judge of any court in this state to the custody of a sheriff, marshal, or other police agency, to thereafter escape or attempt to escape from that custody.(b) It is unlawful for any person who has been lawfully arrested by any peace officer and who knows, or by the exercise of reasonable care should have known, that he or she has been so arrested, to thereafter escape or attempt to escape from that peace officer.(c) Any person who violates subdivision (a) or (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year. However, if the escape or attempted escape is by force or violence, and the person proximately causes a peace officer serious bodily injury, the person shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 26. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Penal Code § 837 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 837.

837.  A private person may arrest another:1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 838 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 838.

838.  A magistrate may orally order a peace officer or private person to arrest any one committing or attempting to commit a public offense in the presence of such magistrate.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 839 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 839.

839.  Any person making an arrest may orally summon as many persons as he deems necessary to aid him therein.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 840 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 840.

840.  An arrest for the commission of a felony may be made on any day and at any time of the day or night. An arrest for the commission of a misdemeanor or an infraction cannot be made between the hours of 10 o'clock p.m. of any day and 6 o'clock a.m. of the succeeding day, unless:(1) The arrest is made without a warrant pursuant to Section 836 or 837.(2) The arrest is made in a public place.(3) The arrest is made when the person is in custody pursuant to another lawful arrest.(4) The arrest is made pursuant to a warrant which, for good cause shown, directs that it may be served at any time of the day or night.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 436.)
CA Penal Code § 841 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 841.

841.  The person making the arrest must inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him, of the cause of the arrest, and the authority to make it, except when the person making the arrest has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested is actually engaged in the commission of or an attempt to commit an offense, or the person to be arrested is pursued immediately after its commission, or after an escape.The person making the arrest must, on request of the person he is arresting, inform the latter of the offense for which he is being arrested.(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1863.)
CA Penal Code § 841.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 841.5.

841.5.  (a) Except as otherwise required by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1054) of Title 7, or by the United States Constitution or the California Constitution, no law enforcement officer or employee of a law enforcement agency shall disclose to any arrested person, or to any person who may be a defendant in a criminal action, the address or telephone number of any person who is a victim or witness in the alleged offense.(b) Nothing in this section shall impair or interfere with the right of a defendant to obtain information necessary for the preparation of his or her defense through the discovery process.(c) Nothing in this section shall impair or interfere with the right of an attorney to obtain the address or telephone number of any person who is a victim of, or a witness to, an alleged offense where a client of that attorney has been arrested for, or may be a defendant in, a criminal action related to the alleged offense.(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude a law enforcement agency from releasing the entire contents of an accident report as required by Section 20012 of the Vehicle Code.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 3, Sec. 2. Effective February 10, 1992.)
CA Penal Code § 842 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 842.

842.  An arrest by a peace officer acting under a warrant is lawful even though the officer does not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest, but if the person arrested so requests it, the warrant shall be shown to him as soon as practicable.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2147.)
CA Penal Code § 843 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 843.

843.  When the arrest is being made by an officer under the authority of a warrant, after information of the intention to make the arrest, if the person to be arrested either flees or forcibly resists, the officer may use all necessary means to effect the arrest.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 844 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 844.

844.  To make an arrest, a private person, if the offense is a felony, and in all cases a peace officer, may break open the door or window of the house in which the person to be arrested is, or in which they have reasonable grounds for believing the person to be, after having demanded admittance and explained the purpose for which admittance is desired.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1360, Sec. 112.)
CA Penal Code § 845 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 845.

845.  Any person who has lawfully entered a house for the purpose of making an arrest, may break open the door or window thereof if detained therein, when necessary for the purpose of liberating himself, and an officer may do the same, when necessary for the purpose of liberating a person who, acting in his aid, lawfully entered for the purpose of making an arrest, and is detained therein.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 846 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 846.

846.  Any person making an arrest may take from the person arrested all offensive weapons which he may have about his person, and must deliver them to the magistrate before whom he is taken.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 847 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 847.

847.  (a) A private person who has arrested another for the commission of a public offense must, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a magistrate, or deliver him or her to a peace officer.(b) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause of action shall arise against, any peace officer or federal criminal investigator or law enforcement officer described in subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 830.8, acting within the scope of his or her authority, for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any arrest under any of the following circumstances:(1) The arrest was lawful, or the peace officer, at the time of the arrest, had reasonable cause to believe the arrest was lawful.(2) The arrest was made pursuant to a charge made, upon reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony by the person to be arrested.(3) The arrest was made pursuant to the requirements of Section 142, 837, 838, or 839.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 468, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Penal Code § 847.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 847.5.

847.5.  If a person has been admitted to bail in another state, escapes bail, and is present in this State, the bail bondsman or other person who is bail for such fugitive, may file with a magistrate in the county where the fugitive is present an affidavit stating the name and whereabouts of the fugitive, the offense with which the alleged fugitive was charged or of which he was convicted, the time and place of same, and the particulars in which the fugitive has violated the terms of his bail, and may request the issuance of a warrant for arrest of the fugitive, and the issuance, after hearing, of an order authorizing the affiant to return the fugitive to the jurisdiction from which he escaped bail. The magistrate may require such additional evidence under oath as he deems necessary to decide the issue. If he concludes that there is probable cause for believing that the person alleged to be a fugitive is such, he may issue a warrant for his arrest. The magistrate shall notify the district attorney of such action and shall direct him to investigate the case and determine the facts of the matter. When the fugitive is brought before him pursuant to the warrant, the magistrate shall set a time and place for hearing, and shall advise the fugitive of his right to counsel and to produce evidence at the hearing. He may admit the fugitive to bail pending the hearing. The district attorney shall appear at the hearing. If, after hearing, the magistrate is satisfied from the evidence that the person is a fugitive he may issue an order authorizing affiant to return the fugitive to the jurisdiction from which he escaped bail.A bondsman or other person who is bail for a fugitive admitted to bail in another state who takes the fugitive into custody, except pursuant to an order issued under this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2185.)
CA Penal Code § 848 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 848.

848.  An officer making an arrest, in obedience to a warrant, must proceed with the person arrested as commanded by the warrant, or as provided by law.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Penal Code § 849 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 849.

849.  (a) When an arrest is made without a warrant by a peace officer or private person, the person arrested, if not otherwise released, shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken before the nearest or most accessible magistrate in the county in which the offense is triable, and a complaint stating the charge against the arrested person shall be laid before the magistrate.(b) A peace officer may release from custody, instead of taking the person before a magistrate, a person arrested without a warrant in the following circumstances:(1) The officer is satisfied that there are insufficient grounds for making a criminal complaint against the person arrested.(2) The person arrested was arrested for intoxication only, and no further proceedings are desirable.(3) The person was arrested only for being under the influence of a controlled substance or drug and the person is delivered to a facility or hospital for treatment and no further proceedings are desirable.(4) The person was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the person is delivered to a hospital for medical treatment that prohibits immediate delivery before a magistrate.(5) The person was arrested and subsequently delivered to a hospital or other urgent care facility, including, but not limited to, a facility for the treatment of co-occurring substance use disorders, for mental health evaluation and treatment, and no further proceedings are desirable.(c) The record of arrest of a person released pursuant to paragraph (1), (3), or (5) of subdivision (b) shall include a record of release. Thereafter, the arrest shall not be deemed an arrest, but a detention only.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 566, Sec. 1. (SB 238) Effective October 7, 2017.)
CA Penal Code § 849.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 849.5.

849.5.  In any case in which a person is arrested and released and no accusatory pleading is filed charging him with an offense, any record of arrest of the person shall include a record of release. Thereafter, the arrest shall not be deemed an arrest, but a detention only.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1117.)
CA Penal Code § 850 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 850.

850.  (a) A telegraphic copy of a warrant or an abstract of a warrant may be sent by telegraph, teletype, or any other electronic devices, to one or more peace officers, and such copy or abstract is as effectual in the hands of any officer, and he shall proceed in the same manner under it, as though he held the original warrant issued by a magistrate or the issuing authority or agency.(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1549.2 relating to Governor’s warrants of extradition, an abstract of the warrant as herein referred to shall contain the following information: the warrant number, the charge, the court or agency of issuance, the subject’s name, address and description, the bail, the name of the issuing magistrate or authority, and if the offense charged is a misdemeanor, whether the warrant has been certified for night service.(c) When the subject of a written or telegraphic warrant or abstract of warrant is in custody on another charge, the custodial officer shall, immediately upon receipt of information as to the existence of any such warrant or abstract, obtain and deliver a written copy of the warrant or abstract to the subject and shall inform him of his rights under Section 1381, where applicable, to request a speedy trial and under Section 858.7 relating to Vehicle Code violations.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 793, Sec. 1.)
CA Penal Code § 851 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 851.

851.  Every officer causing telegraphic copies or abstracts of warrants to be sent, must certify as correct, and file in the telegraphic office from which such copies are sent, a copy of the warrant, and must return the original with a statement of his action thereunder.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1990.)
CA Penal Code § 851.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 851.6.

851.6.  (a) In any case in which a person is arrested and released pursuant to paragraph (1), (3), or (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 849, the person shall be issued a certificate, signed by the releasing officer or his superior officer, describing the action as a detention.(b) In any case in which a person is arrested and released and an accusatory pleading is not filed charging him or her with an offense, the person shall be issued a certificate by the law enforcement agency which arrested him or her describing the action as a detention.(c) The Attorney General shall prescribe the form and content of the certificate.(d) Any reference to the action as an arrest shall be deleted from the arrest records of the arresting agency and of the Department of Justice. Thereafter, any record of the action shall refer to it as a detention.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. (SB 238) Effective October 7, 2017.)
CA Penal Code § 851.85 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 851.85.

851.85.  Whenever a person is acquitted of a charge and it appears to the judge presiding at the trial wherein such acquittal occurred that the defendant was factually innocent of the charge, the judge may order that the records in the case be sealed, including any record of arrest or detention, upon the written or oral motion of any party in the case or the court, and with notice to all parties to the case. If such an order is made, the court shall give to the defendant a copy of such order and inform the defendant that he may thereafter state that he was not arrested for such charge and that he was found innocent of such charge by the court.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1172, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 1980. Conditionally operative, upon repeal of Section 851.8, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 1172.)
CA Penal Code § 851.86 (2021)
2021 California Code|Penal Code - PEN|PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|TITLE 3 - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|CHAPTER 5 - Arrest, by Whom and How Made|Section 851.86.

851.86.  Whenever a person is convicted of a charge, and the conviction is set aside based upon a determination that the person was factually innocent of the charge, the judge shall order that the records in the case be sealed, including any record of arrest or detention, upon written or oral motion of any party in the case or the court, and with notice to all parties to the case. If such an order is made, the court shall give the defendant a copy of that order and inform the defendant that he or she may thereafter state he or she was not arrested for that charge and that he or she was not convicted of that charge, and that he or she was found innocent of that charge by the court. The court shall also inform the defendant of the availability of indemnity for persons erroneously convicted pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4900) of Title 6 of Part 3, and the time limitations for presenting those claims.(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 432, Sec. 4. (AB 316) Effective January 1, 2010.)