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Cal. Penal Code § 703
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Chapter 3: Security to Keep the Peace, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 703
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
If it appears from the depositions that there is just reason to fear the commission of the offense threatened, by the person so informed against, the magistrate must issue a warrant, directed generally to the sheriff of the county, or any marshal, or policeman in the state, reciting the substance of the information, and commanding the officer forthwith to arrest the person informed of and bring him or her before the magistrate.
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