{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"1505","citation":"Pen. Code, § 1505","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 Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 322.5.   Effective September 27, 1983.   Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.","effective":"1983-09-27","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/of-the-writ-of-habeas-corpus-1505","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}