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CCP § 501

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
  2. PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]
  3. TITLE 7. OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS [501. - 574.]
  4. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [501. - 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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