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Welfare and Institutions Code § 5201

ARTICLE 2. Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons with a Mental Health Condition

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5201Official source ↗Ask about this

Repealed and added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1667.

Any individual may apply to the person or agency designated by the county for a petition alleging that there is in the county a person who is, as a result of mental disorder a danger to others, or to himself, or is gravely disabled, and requesting that an evaluation of the person’s condition be made.