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§ 844. — 844. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 395, Sec. 1.)

California § 844.
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Code GOVGovernment Code - GOV
Div.3.6.
Title 1.DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Part 2.PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Ch. 3.CHAPTER 3. Police and Correctional Activities

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As used in this chapter, “prisoner” includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility. For the purposes of this chapter, a lawfully arrested person who is brought into a law enforcement facility for the purpose of being booked, as described in Section 7 of the Penal Code, becomes a prisoner, as a matter of law, upon his or her initial entry into a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility, pursuant to penal processes.

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Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.

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§ 844.
844. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 395, Sec. 1.)
§ 844.6.
844.6. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1250.)
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84400. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 403.)
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