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2022 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 7 - OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 501.
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CA Civ Pro Code § 501 (2022)
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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.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516.)
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