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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Anderson Municipal Code Ch. 1.16 Notice to Appear in Court

Anderson Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Anderson

Cite as: Anderson Municipal Code Chapter 1.16 · Text as of 2026-10-04

1.16.010 - Preparation.

If any person is arrested for the violation of any provision of this code or any ordinance of the city and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed in the State Penal Code, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged, and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court.

(Prior code § 1.15)

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1.16.020 - Violation of promise to appear—Misdemeanor.

Any person violating his written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.

(Prior code § 1.16)

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1.16.030 - Violation of promise to appear—Arrest warrant issuance.

When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided by the California Penal Code, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within twenty days after his failure to appear as promised; or, if such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail, other than a magistrate, and fails to do so on or before the date which he promised to appear, then within twenty days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.

(Ord. 312 § 1, 1974: prior code § 1.17)

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