California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5259.1

CA Welf & Inst Code § 5259.1 (2017)  

Any individual who is knowingly and willfully responsible for detaining a person in violation of the provisions of this article is liable to that person in civil damages.

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1598, Sec. 4.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018