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Cal. Penal Code § 784.5 (2026)

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The jurisdiction of a criminal action for a violation of Section 277, 278, or 278.5 shall be in any one of the following jurisdictional territories:

(a)Any jurisdictional territory in which the victimized person resides, or where the agency deprived of custody is located, at the time of the taking or deprivation.

(b)The jurisdictional territory in which the minor child was taken, detained, or concealed.

(c)The jurisdictional territory in which the minor child is found.

When the jurisdiction lies in more than one jurisdictional territory, the district attorneys concerned may agree which of them will prosecute the case.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1996–1996 · leading case: Foster-Zahid v. Commonwealth, 477 S.E.2d 759 (Va. Ct. App. 1996).

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Foster-Zahid v. Commonwealth, 477 S.E.2d 759 (Va. Ct. App. 1996). “[a]fter the issuance of a temporary or final order specifying custody, visitation or joint custody rights, takes, detains, entices or conceals a minor child from the other parent in violation of the custody or visitation order”); Cal.Penal Code § 784.5 (West 1995) (providing…”

State v. Doyen, 676 A.2d 345 (Vt. 1996). “Cal. Penal Code § 784.5 (1985) allows for jurisdiction of a criminal action for child abduction in the “jurisdictional territory in which the victimized person resides .”

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