Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 4550 — Rescues
Cal. Penal Code § 4550
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2011-04-04
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Every person who rescues or attempts to rescue, or aids another person in rescuing or attempting to rescue any prisoner from any prison, or prison road camp or any jail or county road camp, or from any officer or person having him or her in lawful custody, is punishable as follows:
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 4550 — Rescues is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Every person who rescues or attempts to rescue, or aids another person in rescuing or attempting to rescue any prisoner from any prison, or prison road camp or any jail or county road camp, or from any officer or person having him or her in lawful custody, is punishable as follows:
(a) If the prisoner was in custody upon a conviction of a felony punishable with death, by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.
(b) If the prisoner was in custody otherwise than as specified in subdivision (a), by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year.