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Cal. Penal Code § 1505

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 1: Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 1505

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 1505Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
If the officer or person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed, refuses obedience to the command thereof, he shall forfeit and pay to the person aggrieved a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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