{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5203","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5203","heading":"","body":"Any individual who seeks a petition for court-ordered evaluation knowing that the person for whom the petition is sought is not, as a result of mental disorder, a danger to himself, or to others, or gravely disabled is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be held liable in civil damages by the person against whom the petition was sought.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]","CHAPTER 2. Involuntary Treatment [5150. - 5349.1.]","ARTICLE 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition [5200. - 5213.]"],"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":"279d98442c1327ee0896a4178430883f101ceffc535138e71e4d451d433cabf9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5202","next":"us-ca/wic-5204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}