Chapter 609 - HABEAS CORPUS

Section 5501 - Right to writ
Section 5502 - Post-conviction habeas corpus (REPEALED)
Section 5503 - Jurisdiction; commencement of proceedings; petition; amendments (REPEALED)
Section 5504 - Contents of petition (REPEALED)
Section 5505 - Further pleadings and procedure (REPEALED)
Section 5506 - Counsel for indigent petitioners (REPEALED)
Section 5507 - Waiver of grounds not claimed; effect of prior petition of coram nobis or error (REPEALED)
Section 5508 - Review of final judgment; release pending appeal (REPEALED)
Section 5509 - Minors in armed forces entitled to writ
Section 5510 - Parent or guardian of minor may have writ
Section 5511 - Application for writ on behalf of another
Section 5512 - Writ not available
Section 5513 - Application
Section 5514 - Where writ returnable; entry of judgment
Section 5515 - Application; denial of writ
Section 5516 - Excessive bail
Section 5517 - Refusal of copy of precept; writ granted
Section 5518 - Form of writ
Section 5519 - Time of service, return and tender of fees
Section 5520 - Production of body of restrained person; sickness
Section 5521 - Examination of causes of restraint
Section 5522 - Notice to interested persons before discharge
Section 5523 - Proceedings in court
Section 5524 - Detention for bailable offense; admission to bail (REPEALED)
Section 5525 - Form of writ if restraint not by officer
Section 5526 - Issuance and service of writ
Section 5527 - Designation of unknown person; restraining person
Section 5528 - Restrained Person
Section 5529 - Form of return
Section 5530 - Verification of returns
Section 5531 - Custody of party
Section 5532 - Neglect of officer to deliver copy of precept
Section 5533 - Failure to serve writ; contempt
Section 5534 - Attachment against sheriff; service
Section 5535 - Refusal to obey writ
Section 5536 - No rearrest after discharge
Section 5537 - Transfer of prisoner with intent to elude service; penalty
Section 5538 - Penalty no bar to action
Section 5539 - Third person may appear by stipulating for costs
Section 5540 - Bail; exceptions (REPEALED)
Section 5541 - Bail commissioners appointed by the court (REPEALED)
Section 5542 - Bail for persons committed for not finding sureties (REPEALED)
Section 5543 - Surety bonds authorized in criminal cases
Section 5544 - Admission to bail before commitment; on Lord's Day (REPEALED)
Section 5545 - Habeas corpus for prisoner as witness
Section 5546 - Habeas corpus for mentally ill person
Section 5547 - Orders to ensure the integrity of the judicial process (REPEALED)