California Penal Code CHAPTER 3.5 - Procedure for Restoration of Rights and Application for Pardon

  • Section 4852.01.
    (a) A person convicted of a felony who is committed to a state prison or other institution or agency, including commitment to a county jail pursuant...
  • Section 4852.03.
    (a) The period of rehabilitation commences upon the discharge of the petitioner from custody due to his or her completion of the term to which he...
  • Section 4852.03.a.
    (a) The period of rehabilitation commences upon the discharge of the petitioner from custody due to his or her completion of the term to which he...
  • Section 4852.04.
    Each person who may initiate the proceedings provided for in this chapter shall be entitled to receive counsel and assistance from all rehabilitative agencies, including...
  • Section 4852.05.
    The person shall live an honest and upright life, shall conduct himself or herself with sobriety and industry, shall exhibit a good moral character, and...
  • Section 4852.06.
    After the expiration of the minimum period of rehabilitation applicable to him or her and after the termination of parole, probation, postrelease supervision, or mandatory...
  • Section 4852.07.
    The petitioner shall give notice of the filing of the petition to the district attorney of the county in which the petition is filed, to...
  • Section 4852.08.
    During the proceedings upon the petition, the petitioner may be represented by counsel of his or her own selection. If the petitioner does not have...
  • Section 4852.09.
    No filing fee nor court fees of any kind shall be required of a petitioner in proceedings under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 400.)
  • Section 4852.1.
    (a) The court in which the petition is filed may require testimony as it deems necessary, and the production, for the use of the court and...
  • Section 4852.11.
    A peace officer shall report to the court, upon receiving a request as provided in Section 4852.1, all known violations of law committed by the...
  • Section 4852.12.
    (a) In a proceeding for the ascertainment and declaration of the fact of rehabilitation under this chapter, the court, upon the filing of the application for...
  • Section 4852.13.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if after hearing, the court finds that the petitioner has demonstrated by his or her course of conduct...
  • Section 4852.14.
    The clerk of the court shall immediately transmit certified copies of the certificate of rehabilitation to the Governor, to the Board of Parole Hearings and...
  • Section 4852.15.
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abridge or impair the power or authority conferred by law on any officer, board, or tribunal to...
  • Section 4852.16.
    The certified copy of a certificate of rehabilitation transmitted to the Governor shall constitute an application for a full pardon upon receipt of which the...
  • Section 4852.17.
    Whenever a person is issued a certificate of rehabilitation or granted a pardon from the Governor under this chapter, the fact shall be immediately reported...
  • Section 4852.18.
    The Board of Parole Hearings shall furnish to the clerk of the superior court of each county a set of sample forms for a petition...
  • Section 4852.19.
    This chapter shall be construed as providing an additional, but not an exclusive, procedure for the restoration of rights and application for pardon. Nothing in...
  • Section 4852.2.
    Every person, other than an individual who is licensed to practice law in the State of California, pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6060)...
  • Section 4852.21.
    (a) A person to whom this chapter applies shall, prior to discharge or release on parole or postrelease community supervision from a state prison or other...
  • Section 4852.22.
    Except in a case requiring registration pursuant to Section 290, a trial court hearing an application for a certificate of rehabilitation before the applicable period...

Last modified: October 22, 2018