2007 California Code of Civil Procedure Chapter 1. General Provisions

CA Codes (ccp:501)

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
SECTION 501




501.  A person may not be imprisoned in a civil action for debt or
tort, whether before or after judgment.  Nothing in this section
affects any power a court may have to imprison a person who violates
a court order.

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