CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [501. - 501.]

Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP 1.
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Cal. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP § 501. Section 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.
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