Section 5203.

CA Welf & Inst Code § 5203 (2019) (N/A)
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Any individual who seeks a petition for court-ordered evaluation knowing that the person for whom the petition is sought is not, as a result of mental disorder, a danger to himself, or to others, or gravely disabled is guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be held liable in civil damages by the person against whom the petition was sought.

(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 722.)