California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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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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.)