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California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 501

CCP § 501Title 7 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

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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.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516.

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