Ridgecrest Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1980, § 6-33.3; Ord. No. 11, § 3)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deal, play or carry on or open or cause to be opened or cause to be conducted, either as owner or employee, or otherwise, whether for hire or not, any game not mentioned or included in Penal Code § 330, played with cards or dice or any other device for money, checks, credits or any other representative of value, within the city, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. of any day, including Sundays and holidays.

(Code 1980, § 6-33.1; Ord. No. 11, § 1)

It shall be the duty of each and every peace officer of said city or of the county to use all legal means of detecting and convicting persons of violating any provision of this article and to exercise the right of search given by the law of this state to seize and safely keep all chips, checks, cards, apparatus and paraphernalia used for gambling purposes at any place that may exist contrary to this article and to produce the same in court and retain them until the final decision of the case in which such articles may be required as evidence and these articles shall be destroyed by the order of the court after proof having been made of their use for gambling purposes.

(Code 1980, § 6-33.2; Ord. No. 11, § 2)