Riverside Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 Notice to Appear

If any person is arrested for a violation of any of the provisions of this Code or other ordinance of the City and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed in the Penal Code of this 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 when and where such person shall appear in court.

(Prior code § 1.10)

No person shall willfully violate his written promise to appear in court, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.

(Prior code § 1.11)

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 § 1268, of the state, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his/her 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/she promises 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.

(Ord. 7341 § 1, 2016; Prior code § 1.12)

If, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate, the defendant does not appear either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited and may in his/her discretion order that no further proceedings be had in the case and issue a bench warrant for the defendant's arrest.

Upon the making of the order that no further proceedings be had, all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the City or County Treasury, as the case may be.

(Ord. 7341 § 1, 2016; Prior code § 1.13)

The complaint consists of a name and birth date of the person(s) charged, the offense(s) charged, and the date which the offense occurred that has been prepared, delivered and filed with the court, an exact and legible duplicate copy of the complaint when filed with the magistrate, the verified complaint shall constitute a complaint to which the defendant may plead "guilty."

(Ord. 7341 § 1, 2016; Prior code § 1.14)