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Penal Code § 1481

CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1481Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

The person to whom the writ is directed, if it is served, must bring the body of the party in his custody or under his restraint, according to the command of the writ, except in the cases specified in the next section.