Code of Civil Procedure - CCP (United States)

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

Published: 2015-07-08

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.20]

( Part 2 enacted 1872. )

TITLE 7. OTHER PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS [501 - 574]

( Heading of Title 7 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516. )

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [501- 501.]

( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516. )

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.

(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1516.)