{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1504","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1504","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-12"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus [1473. - 1509.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-12/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 6.","effective":null,"html":"<p>All such writs and process, when made returnable before a Judge, must be returned before him at the county seat, and there heard and determined.</p>","text":"All such writs and process, when made returnable before a Judge, must be returned before him at the county seat, and there heard and determined.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/of-the-writ-of-habeas-corpus-1504","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}