Section 146 Of Chapter 7. Other Offenses Against Public Justice From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7.

. Every public officer, or person pretending to be a public officer, who, under the pretense or color of any process or other legal authority, does any of the following, without a regular process or other lawful authority, is guilty of a misdemeanor:
  (a) Arrests any person or detains that person against his or her will.
  (b) Seizes or levies upon any property.
  (c) Dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements.