California Statutes
§ 841. — 841. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1863.)
California § 841.
JurisdictionCalifornia
Code PENPenal Code - PEN
Title3.
Part 2.TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Ch. 5.CHAPTER 5. Arrest, by Whom and How Made
This text of California § 841. (841. (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1863.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 841. (2026).
Text
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.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
United States v. Hector Magallon-Lopez
817 F.3d 671 (Ninth Circuit, 2016)
James Vernon Ward v. United States
316 F.2d 113 (Ninth Circuit, 1963)
United States v. Arthur Ronald Decatur
430 F.2d 365 (Ninth Circuit, 1970)
People v. Dees
27 Cal. App. 3d 922 (California Court of Appeal, 1972)
Bien v. City of Fresno
(E.D. California, 2023)
Shine v. Fuston
(S.D. California, 2021)
Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1863.
Nearby Sections
2
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
California § 841., Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ca/PEN/841..