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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5227 — Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons Impaired by Chronic Alcoholism or Drug Use

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5227

Type
Statute
Source
California Welfare and Institutions Code
Jurisdiction
California
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

The order for evaluation shall be in substantially the following form:

Citator

Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5227 — Court-Ordered Evaluation for Persons Impaired by Chronic Alcoholism or Drug Use is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

The order for evaluation shall be in substantially the following form:

In the Superior Court of the State of California
for the County of _____

__________

The People of the State of California
Concerning

__________ and

__________Respondents__________



No. _____
Order  
for 
Evaluation

__________

The People of the State of California to __________

__________ :

(Professional person in charge of the facility providing
evaluation)

______ has appeared before me and appears to be, as a result of ______ (chronic alcoholism, the use of narcotics, or the use of restricted dangerous drugs), a danger to himself, or others, or gravely disabled.

Now, therefore, you are directed to evaluate ______ at ______ on the ____ day of ____, 19__, at __ o’clock _m.

Witness my hand, this ____ day of ____, 19__.

____________________Judge of the ________ Court__________

Return of Order

I hereby certify that I received the above order for the evaluation of ______ and on the ____ day of ____, 19__, personally served a copy of the order and of the petition on the professional person in charge of the ______, a facility for treatment and evaluation, or his designee.

Dated: ____ 19__.

____________________Signature and Title__________