PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 7. OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS 501-574›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 501-501
§ 501
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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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