Requisites of application therefor.
Section 527
SEC. 527. Requisites of application therefor. — Application for the writ shall be by petition signed and verified either by the party for whose relief it is intended, or by some person for him, and shall specify: 1. That the person in whose behalf the application is made is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty; 2. The officer or name of the person by whom he is so confined or restrained; or, if both are unknown or uncertain, he may be described by an assumed appellation, and the person who is served with the writ shall be deemed the person intended; 3. The place where he is so imprisoned or restrained, if known; 4. A copy of the commitment or cause of detention of such person shall be exhibited, if it can be procured, without impairing the efficiency of the remedy; or, if the imprisonment or detention is without any legal authority, such fact shall appear.