{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-501","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 501","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 7. OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS [501. - 574.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [501. - 501.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9317bdb437cab57693ca2d502ebf7bb2b0b0d4e73820d55edb37261fc112a013","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-493.060","next":"us-ca/ccp-511.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}