. 23 Catchlines are not law. (§ 2-16-13.1) 22-18-4. Force--Defense of person. Any A person is justified in the using or threatening to use of force or violence, force, other than deadly force, against another person when if the person reasonablybelieves that such conduct using or threatening to use force is necessary to prevent orterminate defend against the other person's trespass on or other criminal interferencewith real property or personal property lawfully in his or her possession or in thepossession of another who is a member of his or her immediate family or household or ofa person whose property he or she has a legal right to protect. However, the person isjustified in the use of deadly force only as provided in §§ 22-16-34 and 22-16-35 other's imminent use of unlawful force. A person who uses or threatens to use force in accordance with this section does not have a duty to retreat if the person is in a place where he or she has a right to be before using or threatening to use force.