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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 723
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§ 723 When a sheriff or other public officer authorized to execute process finds, or has reason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution …
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Rule Text
When a sheriff or other public officer authorized to execute process finds, or has reason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution of the process, the officer may command as many able-bodied inhabitants of the officer’s county as he or she may think proper to assist in overcoming the resistance and, if necessary, in seizing, arresting, and confining the persons resisting, and their aiders and abettors.
Amendment history: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 128.