California Penal Code Section 1555

CA Penal Code § 1555 (2017)  

A person brought into this State on, or after waiver of extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings for which he is returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the State from which he was extradited.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 554.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018