California Penal Code Sections 210.5

CHAPTER 3.5. HOSTAGES

CA Codes (pen:210.5) PENAL CODE
SECTION 210.5




210.5.  Every person who commits the offense of false imprisonment,
as defined in Section 236, against a person for purposes of
protection from arrest, which substantially increases the risk of
harm to the victim, or for purposes of using the person as a shield
is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, five, or
eight years.