California Penal Code

§ 168

PEN § 168 Effective Jan 1, 2015Title 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(a)Every district attorney, clerk, judge, or peace officer who, except by issuing or in executing a search warrant or warrant of arrest for a felony, willfully discloses the fact of the warrant prior to execution for the purpose of preventing the search or seizure of property or the arrest of any person shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.

(b)This section shall not prohibit the following:

(1)A disclosure made by a district attorney or the Attorney General for the sole purpose of securing voluntary compliance with the warrant.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 437, Sec. 7. (SB 1066) Effective January 1, 2015.