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Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 501

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Rule text

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.

Notes

(History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516.)