Code of Civil Procedure section 1217

When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court or judge must proceed to investigate the charge, and must hear any answer which the person arrested may make to the same, and may examine witnesses for or against him, for which an adjournment may be had from time to time if necessary.

Source: Section 1217, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=1217. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/code_of_civil_procedure_section_1217

Original Source: Section 1217, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=1217. (last accessed May 12, 2025).