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2011 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000 - 5912]
ARTICLE 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Mentally Disordered Persons
Section 5201
CA Welf & Inst Code § 5201 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
Any individual may apply to the person or agency designated by the county for a petition alleging that there is in the county a person who is, as a result of mental disorder a danger to others, or to himself, or is gravely disabled, and requesting that an evaluation of the person s condition be made.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.)
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