Section 4901 Of Chapter 5. Indemnity For Persons Erroneously Convicted And Pardoned From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5.
4901
. (a) A claim under Section 4900, accompanied by a statement of
the facts constituting the claim, verified in the manner provided
for the verification of complaints in civil actions, is required to
be presented by the claimant to the California Victim Compensation
and Government Claims Board within a period of two years after
judgment of acquittal or after pardon granted, or after release from
custody, and no claim not so presented shall be considered by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), "release from custody" means
release from imprisonment from state prison or from incarceration in
county jail when there is no subsequent parole jurisdiction exercised
by the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation or postrelease
jurisdiction under a community corrections program, or when there is
a parole period or postrelease period subject to jurisdiction of a
community corrections program, when that period ends.
(c) A person may not file a claim under Section 4900 until 60 days
have passed since the date of reversal of conviction or granting of
the writ, or while the case is pending upon an initial refiling, or
until a complaint or information has been dismissed a single time.