Santa Clara County Municipal Code Ch. IV Pinball Machines

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State Law reference— Gaming, Penal Code § 330 et seq.

Every person having in his possession or under his control, either as owner, lessee, mortgagee, agent, employee or otherwise, any pinball or marble machine, who pays to or causes to be paid to the user thereof any money, credit, allowance or thing of value, other than additional chances or free plays, or any check, slug, token or memorandum entitling the holder to receive any money, credit, allowance or thing of value as a result of any element of chance or skill in the operation of said machine, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1954, § 6.3.2-1)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-608.1, § 1, adopted March 28, 1972, repealed provisions codified herein as former § B3-63 pertaining to permitting operation by person under 18 years of age. Former § B3-63 was derived from: Code 1954, § 6.3.2-2.

(a) In addition to the penalty provided by this Code, any pinball or marble machine may be seized by any law enforcement officer of the State, and notice of intention summarily to destroy such machine must thereupon be posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises in or upon which such machine was seized. Such machine shall be held by such officer for 30 days after such posting, and if no action is commenced to recover possession of such machine within such time, the same shall be summarily destroyed by such officer; or if such machine is held by the court in any civil or criminal action to have been used in violation of this article, the same shall be destroyed by such officer immediately after the decision of the court has become final.

(b) Any and all money seized in or in connection with such machine immediately after such machine has been seized, is to be paid into the treasury of the County, and upon said machine being destroyed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this chapter, is to be credited to the general fund; otherwise to be returned to the person who was in possession of said machine when it was seized.

(Code 1954, § 6.3.2-3)

State Law reference— Seizure of devices, Penal Code § 335a.

The provisions of this chapter are not intended to conflict with, but shall supplement all laws of the State of California prohibiting lotteries, gaming or gambling.

(Code 1954, § 6.3.2-4)