Health and Safety Code section 17972

No person authorized by this article to enter buildings shall enter any dwelling between the hours of 6 o’clock p.m. of any day and 8 o’clock a.m. of the succeeding day, without the consent of the owner or of the occupants of the dwelling, nor enter any dwelling in the absence of the occupants without a proper written order executed and issued by a court having jurisdiction to issue the order.

Source: Section 17972, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=17972.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1961; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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