Diamond Bar Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 Notices to Appear

If any person is arrested for the violation of any provision of this Code, or of any code adopted in this Code by reference, or of any ordinance of the city, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, as is more fully set forth in the Penal Code of the state, 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.

The time specified in the notice to appear shall be not less than ten days after such arrest.

State Law reference— Time to appear, Penal Code § 853.6(b).

The place specified in the notice to appear shall be either:

(1) Before a judge of the municipal court in the judicial district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed; or

(2) Before an officer authorized to receive a deposit of bail.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Penal Code § 853.6(c).

The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person, and the arrested person, in order to secure a release, must give his written promise so as to appear in court by signing the duplicate notice, which shall be retained by the officer. Thereupon, the arresting officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Penal Code § 853.6(d).

The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file a duplicate notice with the magistrate specified in the notice. The defendant may, prior to the date upon which he promised to appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail set by such magistrate. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant does not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited and may at his discretion order that no further proceedings shall be had in such case. Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings be had, sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the county treasury for distribution as provided by Penal Code of the state.

A warrant shall not be issued on such charge for the arrest of a person who, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, has given such written promise to appear in court unless and until he has violated such promise, or has failed to deposit bail, to appear for arraignment, trial or judgment, or to comply with the terms and provisions of the judgment, as required by law.

Every person wilfully violating his written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of his promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Penal Code § 853.7.

(a) 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 section 1.08.050, 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 within 20 days after his failure to appear after a lawfully granted continuance of his promise to appear.

(b) If a 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 20 days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense, such magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest.

(c) When such person violates his promise to appear before an officer authorized to receive bail other than a magistrate, the officer shall immediately deliver to the magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense charged the written promise to appear and the complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Penal Code § 853.8.

Every person violating any of the provisions as set forth in sections 1.08.010—1.08.070, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.