California Code
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 12 - OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE

CHAPTER 1 - Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

Section 1473. - 1473. (a) A person unlawfully imprisoned or restrained of their...

Section 1473.5. - 1473.5. (a) A writ of habeas corpus also may be...

Section 1473.6. - 1473.6. (a) Any person no longer unlawfully imprisoned or restrained...

Section 1473.7. - 1473.7. (a) A person who is no longer in criminal...

Section 1474. - 1474. Application for the writ is made by petition, signed...

Section 1475. - 1475. The writ of habeas corpus may be granted in...

Section 1476. - 1476. Any court or judge authorized to grant the writ,...

Section 1477. - 1477. The writ must be directed to the person having...

Section 1478. - 1478. If the writ is directed to the sheriff or...

Section 1479. - 1479. If the person to whom the writ is directed...

Section 1480. - 1480. The person upon whom the writ is served must...

Section 1481. - 1481. The person to whom the writ is directed, if...

Section 1482. - 1482. When, from sickness or infirmity of the person directed...

Section 1483. - 1483. The Court or Judge before whom the writ is...

Section 1484. - 1484. The party brought before the Court or Judge, on...

Section 1485. - 1485. If no legal cause is shown for such imprisonment...

Section 1485.5. - 1485.5. (a) If the district attorney or Attorney General stipulates...

Section 1485.55. - 1485.55. (a) In a contested or uncontested proceeding, if the...

Section 1486. - 1486. The Court or Judge, if the time during which...

Section 1487. - 1487. If it appears on the return of the writ...

Section 1488. - 1488. If any person is committed to prison, or is...

Section 1489. - 1489. If it appears to the Court or Judge, by...

Section 1490. - 1490. When a person is imprisoned or detained in custody...

Section 1491. - 1491. Any judge before whom a person who has been...

Section 1492. - 1492. If a party brought before the Court or Judge...

Section 1493. - 1493. In cases where any party is held under illegal...

Section 1494. - 1494. Until judgment is given on the return, the Court...

Section 1495. - 1495. No writ of habeas corpus can be disobeyed for...

Section 1496. - 1496. No person who has been discharged by the order...

Section 1497. - 1497. When it appears to any court, or judge, authorized...

Section 1498. - 1498. The Court or Judge may also insert in such...

Section 1499. - 1499. The officer to whom such warrant is delivered must...

Section 1500. - 1500. The person alleged to have such party under illegal...

Section 1501. - 1501. If such party is held under illegal restraint or...

Section 1502. - 1502. Any writ or process authorized by this Chapter may...

Section 1503. - 1503. All writs, warrants, process, and subpoenas authorized by the...

Section 1504. - 1504. All such writs and process, when made returnable before...

Section 1505. - 1505. If the officer or person to whom a writ...

Section 1506. - 1506. An appeal may be taken to the court of...

Section 1507. - 1507. Where an application for a writ of habeas corpus...

Section 1508. - 1508. (a) A writ of habeas corpus issued by the...

Section 1509. - 1509. (a) This section applies to any petition for writ...

Section 1509.1. - 1509.1. (a) Either party may appeal the decision of a...

CHAPTER 2 - Pretrial Review

Section 1510. - 1510. The denial of a motion made pursuant to Section...

Section 1511. - 1511. If in a felony case the superior court sets...

Section 1512. - 1512. (a) In addition to petitions for a writ of...

CHAPTER 3 - Of Search Warrants

Section 1523. - 1523. A search warrant is an order in writing, in...

Section 1524. - 1524. (a) A search warrant may be issued upon any...

Section 1524.1. - 1524.1. (a) The primary purpose of the testing and disclosure...

Section 1524.2. - 1524.2. (a) As used in this section, the following terms...

Section 1524.3. - 1524.3. (a) A provider of electronic communication service or remote...

Section 1524.4. - 1524.4. (a) This section applies to a service provider that...

Section 1525. - 1525. A search warrant cannot be issued but upon probable...

Section 1526. - 1526. (a) Before issuing the search warrant, the magistrate may...

Section 1527. - 1527. The affidavit or affidavits must set forth the facts...

Section 1528. - 1528. (a) If the magistrate is thereupon satisfied of the...

Section 1529. - 1529. The warrant shall be in substantially the following form:...

Section 1530. - 1530. A search warrant may in all cases be served...

Section 1531. - 1531. The officer may break open any outer or inner...

Section 1532. - 1532. He may break open any outer or inner door...

Section 1533. - 1533. Upon a showing of good cause, the magistrate may,...

Section 1534. - 1534. (a) A search warrant shall be executed and returned...

Section 1535. - 1535. When the officer takes property under the warrant, he...

Section 1536. - 1536. All property or things taken on a warrant must...

Section 1536.5. - 1536.5. (a) If a government agency seizes business records from...

Section 1537. - 1537. The officer must forthwith return the warrant to the...

Section 1538. - 1538. The magistrate must thereupon, if required, deliver a copy...

Section 1538.5. - 1538.5. (a) (1) A defendant may move for the return...

Section 1539. - 1539. (a) If a special hearing is held in a...

Section 1540. - 1540. If it appears that the property taken is not...

Section 1541. - 1541. The magistrate must annex the affidavit, or affidavits, the...

Section 1542. - 1542. When a person charged with a felony is supposed...

Section 1542.5. - 1542.5. Notwithstanding any other law, with regards to a search...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Disclosure of Medical Records to Law Enforcement Agencies

Section 1543. - 1543. (a) Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment...

Section 1544. - 1544. A law enforcement agency applying for disclosure of patient...

Section 1545. - 1545. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Health care...

CHAPTER 3.6 - Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Section 1546. - 1546. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 1546.1. - 1546.1. (a) Except as provided in this section, a government...

Section 1546.2. - 1546.2. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 1546.4. - 1546.4. (a) Any person in a trial, hearing, or proceeding...

Section 1546.5. - 1546.5. (a) A California corporation or a corporation whose principal...

CHAPTER 4 - Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice

Section 1547. - 1547. (a) The Governor may offer a reward of not...

Section 1548. - 1548. As used in this chapter: (a) “Governor” means any...

Section 1548.1. - 1548.1. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Constitution...

Section 1548.2. - 1548.2. No demand for the extradition of a person charged...

Section 1548.3. - 1548.3. When a demand is made upon the Governor of...

Section 1549. - 1549. When it is desired to have returned to this...

Section 1549.1. - 1549.1. The Governor of this state may also surrender, on...

Section 1549.2. - 1549.2. If a demand conforms to the provisions of this...

Section 1549.3. - 1549.3. Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other...

Section 1550.1. - 1550.1. No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered...

Section 1550.2. - 1550.2. Any officer or other person entrusted with a Governor’s...

Section 1550.3. - 1550.3. The officer or persons executing the Governor’s warrant of...

Section 1551. - 1551. (a) Whenever any person within this State is charged...

Section 1551.05. - 1551.05. (a) Any person on outpatient status pursuant to Title...

Section 1551.1. - 1551.1. The arrest of a person may also be lawfully...

Section 1551.2. - 1551.2. At the initial appearance of a person arrested under...

Section 1551.3. - 1551.3. Immediately upon the arrest of the person charged, the...

Section 1552. - 1552. If at the hearing before the magistrate, it appears...

Section 1552.1. - 1552.1. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged,...

Section 1552.2. - 1552.2. If the accused is not arrested under warrant of...

Section 1553. - 1553. If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails...

Section 1553.1. - 1553.1. (a) If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against...

Section 1553.2. - 1553.2. The guilt or innocence of the accused as to...

Section 1554. - 1554. The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or...

Section 1554.1. - 1554.1. Whenever the Governor of this State shall demand the...

Section 1554.2. - 1554.2. (a) When the return to this state of a...

Section 1554.3. - 1554.3. After a person has been brought back to this...

Section 1555. - 1555. A person brought into this State on, or after...

Section 1555.1. - 1555.1. Any person arrested in this state charged with having...

Section 1555.2. - 1555.2. (a) If the arrested person refuses to sign a...

Section 1555.3. - 1555.3. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to constitute...

Section 1556. - 1556. After a person has been brought back to this...

Section 1556.1. - 1556.1. The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted...

Section 1556.2. - 1556.2. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Criminal...

Section 1557. - 1557. (a) This section shall apply when this state or...

Section 1558. - 1558. No compensation, fee, profit, or reward of any kind...

CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions Respecting Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature

Section 1562. - 1562. The party prosecuting a special proceeding of a criminal...

Section 1563. - 1563. The provisions of Section 1401, in respect to entitling...

Section 1564. - 1564. The Courts and magistrates before whom such proceedings are...