California Penal Code CHAPTER 1 - Of Lawful Resistance

• Section 692.
  Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may be made:1. By the party about to be injured;2. By other parties.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 693.
  Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the party about to be injured:1. To prevent an offense against his person, or his family,...
• Section 694.
  Any other person, in aid or defense of the person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the offense.(Enacted 1872.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018