California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 844

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

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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Cal. Gov. Code § 844 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/gov/title-1-general/division-3-6-claims-and-actions-against-public-entities-and-public-employees/part-2-liability-of-public-entities-and-public-employees/chapter-3-police-and-correctional-activities/section-844

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Police and Correctional Activities

§ 844§ 844.6§ 845§ 845.2§ 845.4§ 845.6§ 845.8§ 846

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