Penal Code section 726

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.

Source: Section 726, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=726. (updated Sep. 28, 1998; accessed Sep. 29, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_726

Original Source: Section 726, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=726. (last accessed May 12, 2025).