California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 4 - Incidental Powers and Duties of Judicial Officers

• Section 177.
  Every judicial officer shall have power:1. To preserve and enforce order in his immediate presence, and in proceedings before him, when he is engaged in the...
• Section 177.5.
  A judicial officer shall have the power to impose reasonable money sanctions, not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), notwithstanding any other provision of law,...
• Section 178.
  For the effectual exercise of the powers conferred by the last section, a judicial officer may punish for contempt in the cases provided in this...
• Section 179.
  Each of the justices of the Supreme Court and of any court of appeal and the judges of the superior courts, shall have power in...

Last modified: October 22, 2018