{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1490","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1490","heading":"","body":"When a person is imprisoned or detained in custody on any criminal charge, for want of bail, such person is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of giving bail, upon averring that fact in his petition, without alleging that he is illegally confined.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus [1473. - 1509.1.]"],"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":"c214a8600d91a225b57753c4d65b6b930629fdd9d47031a49bdfaa9565162721","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1489","next":"us-ca/pen-1491"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}