Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 682 — PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Cal. Penal Code § 682
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1998-09-28
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Every public offense must be prosecuted by indictment or information, except:
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 682 — PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Every public offense must be prosecuted by indictment or information, except:
1. Where proceedings are had for the removal of civil officers of the state;
2. Offenses arising in the militia when in actual service, and in the land and naval forces in the time of war, or which the state may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace;
3. Misdemeanors and infractions;
4. A felony to which the defendant has pleaded guilty to the complaint before a magistrate, where permitted by law.