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2012 California Codes
CCP - Code of Civil Procedure
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.20]
TITLE 7 - OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 501
CA Civ Pro Code § 501 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516.)
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