Chapter 1.02 — CITATIONS—NOTICES TO APPEAR

State Law reference— Citations for misdemeanors, Penal Code § 853.5 et seq.

If any person is arrested for the violation of any ordinance of the city and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed in the 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.

(Code 1969, § 1.02.010; Ord. No. 244, § 1, 1966; Ord. No. 760, § 3(part), 2000)

Any person willfully 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.

(Code 1969, § 1.02.020; Ord. No. 244, § 2, 1966; Ord. No. 760, § 3(part), 2000)

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 in Penal Code § 853.6, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within 20 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 promises to appear, then, within 20 days after delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer, to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.

(Code 1969, § 1.02.030; Ord. No. 244, § 3, 1966; Ord. No. 638, § 1, 1990; Ord. No. 760, § 3(part), 2000)