Trespass.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms for the extended time period or penalties for failing to inform law enforcement when assistance is no longer needed.

Trespass Law Changes

This law changes how long someone can ask for police help when dealing with trespassers and removes a requirement that forms be notarized.

What This Bill Does

• It allows people to request police assistance for up to three years if there is a fire hazard or the owner is away from their property.
• It no longer requires forms requesting police assistance to be notarized.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who own or manage property and need police assistance with trespassers.
• Local governments and law enforcement agencies dealing with requests for help from property owners.

Terms To Know

Trespass

When someone enters or stays on land, buildings, or structures that belong to another person without permission.

Notarized

A document that has been officially checked and signed by a notary public to prove it is genuine.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the change in time limits for requesting police help will be enforced.
• It's unclear if there are any new penalties or consequences for failing to inform law enforcement when assistance is no longer needed.

Official Summary Text

AB 1632, as amended, Johnson.
Trespass.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to commit the crime of trespass, which includes refusing or failing to leave land, real property, or structures belonging to, or lawfully occupied by, another and not open to the general public upon being requested to leave by a peace officer at the request of the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession and upon being informed by the peace officer that they are acting at the request of the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession. Existing law requires the owner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession to make a separate request to the peace officer on each occasion when the peace officer’s assistance in dealing with a trespass is requested, except that a single request for peace officer assistance may be made for a period not to exceed 12 months when there is a fire hazard to the premises or
property, the owner is absent from the premises or property, or the premises or property is closed to the public and posted as being closed.
Existing law requires the requester to inform the law enforcement agency to which the request was made when the assistance is no longer desired before the 12-month period expires.
Existing law
also
authorizes a single request for assistance to be made and submitted electronically, in a notarized form provided by the law enforcement agency, to a peace officer, and authorizes local governments to accept electronic submissions of requests for peace officer assistance.
This bill would remove the requirement that the submitted form described above be notarized.
The bill would extend the maximum period of time for a request for peace officer assistance from 12 months to 3 years for requests pertaining to a fire hazard, the owner’s absence, or the property being closed to the public.

Current Bill Text

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