Every state does it differently but in California, you can be held involuntarily for up to 3 days just on the judgement of police or a psychiatrist but being he

Every state does it differently but in California, you can be held involuntarily for up to 3 days just on the judgement of police or a psychiatrist but being held longer than that does require a hearing with a judge and an attorney where the patient, however impaired or not, can plead their case.