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§ 236. — 236. (Enacted 1872.)

California § 236.
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Part 1.TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
Ch. 8.CHAPTER 8. False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking

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False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another.

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Enacted 1872.

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§ 236.
236. (Enacted 1872.)
§ 236.1.
236.1. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 226, Sec. 6.)
§ 236.10.
236.10. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 154.)
§ 236.11.
236.11. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 155.)
§ 236.12.
236.12. (Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 514, Sec. 7.)
§ 236.13.
236.13. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 641, Sec. 1.)
§ 236.14.
236.14. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 148.)
§ 236.15.
236.15. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 149.)
§ 236.2.
236.2. (Amended November 6, 2012, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 7.)
§ 236.21.
236.21. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 109, Sec. 1.)
§ 236.23.
236.23. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 695, Sec. 2.)
§ 236.24.
236.24. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 695, Sec. 3.)
§ 236.3.
236.3. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 625, Sec. 1.)
§ 236.4.
236.4. (Added November 6, 2012, by initiative Proposition 35, Sec. 8.)
§ 236.5.
236.5. (Added by renumbering Section 236.2 by Stats. 2008, Ch. 358, Sec. 3.)
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