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Penal Code § 1505

CHAPTER 1. Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1505Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 322.5. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.

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.