Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 237 — False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking
Cal. Penal Code § 237
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2011-04-04
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) False imprisonment is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If the false imprisonment be effected by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit, it shall be punishable…
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 237 — False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) False imprisonment is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If the false imprisonment be effected by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit, it shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(b) False imprisonment of an elder or dependent adult by use of violence, menace, fraud, or deceit shall be punishable as described in subdivision (f) of Section 368.