CHAPTER 3.5. Procedure for Restoration of Rights and Application for Pardon [4852.01. - 4852.22.]
Chapter 3.5 added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 400.
§§ 4852.01–4852.22 · 21 sections
- § 4852.01 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), a person convicted of a felony may file a petition for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon pursuant to the…
- § 4852.03 (a) The period of rehabilitation commences upon the discharge of the petitioner from custody due to his or her completion of the term to which he or she was…
- § 4852.04 Each person who may initiate the proceedings provided for in this chapter shall be entitled to receive counsel and assistance from all rehabilitative agencies,…
- § 4852.05 The person shall live an honest and upright life, shall conduct himself or herself with sobriety and industry, shall exhibit a good moral character, and shall…
- § 4852.06 After the expiration of the minimum period of rehabilitation a person who has complied with the requirements of Section 4852.05 may file in the superior court…
- § 4852.07 The petitioner shall give notice of the filing and the time of the hearing of the petition at least 30 days before the date set for the hearing to the district…
- § 4852.08 During the proceedings upon the petition, the petitioner may be represented by counsel of his or her own selection. If the petitioner does not have counsel, he…
- § 4852.09 No filing fee nor court fees of any kind shall be required of a petitioner in proceedings under this chapter.
- § 4852.1 (a) The court in which the petition is filed may require testimony as it deems necessary, and the production, for the use of the court and without expense of…
- § 4852.11 A peace officer shall report to the court, upon receiving a request as provided in Section 4852.1, all known violations of law committed by the petitioner.…
- § 4852.12 (a) In a proceeding for the ascertainment and declaration of the fact of rehabilitation under this chapter, the court, upon the filing of the application for…
- § 4852.13 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if after hearing, the court finds that the petitioner has demonstrated by his or her course of conduct his…
- § 4852.14 The clerk of the court shall immediately transmit certified copies of the certificate of rehabilitation to the Governor, to the Board of Parole Hearings and…
- § 4852.15 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abridge or impair the power or authority conferred by law on any officer, board, or tribunal to revoke or suspend…
- § 4852.16 (a) The certified copy of a certificate of rehabilitation transmitted to the Governor shall constitute an application for a full pardon upon receipt of which…
- § 4852.17 Whenever a person is issued a certificate of rehabilitation or granted a pardon from the Governor under this chapter, the fact shall be immediately reported to…
- § 4852.18 The Board of Parole Hearings shall furnish to the clerk of the superior court of each county a set of sample forms for a petition for certificate of…
- § 4852.19 This chapter shall be construed as providing an additional, but not an exclusive, procedure for the restoration of rights and application for pardon. Nothing…
- § 4852.2 Every person, other than an individual who is licensed to practice law in the State of California, pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6060) of…
- § 4852.21 (a) A person to whom this chapter applies shall, prior to discharge or release on parole or postrelease community supervision from a state prison or other…
- § 4852.22 Except in a case requiring registration pursuant to Section 290, a trial court hearing an application for a certificate of rehabilitation before the applicable…