Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 726 — Suppression of Riots
Cal. Penal Code § 726
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1998-09-28
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
Where any number of persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully or riotously assembled, the sheriff of the county and his or her deputies, the officials governing the town or city, or any of them, must go among the persons assembled, or as near to them as possible, and command them, in the…
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Cal. Penal Code § 726 — Suppression of Riots is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
Where any number of persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully or riotously assembled, the sheriff of the county and his or her deputies, the officials governing the town or city, or any of them, must go among the persons assembled, or as near to them as possible, and command them, in the name of the people of the state, immediately to disperse.