Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307 - 1062.34]
( 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.)