Scotts Valley Municipal Code Ch. 1.12 Arrest Procedure

If any person is arrested for a violation of any provision of any ordinance of the city, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed by the Penal Code of the state of California, 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 at least five days after such arrest. (Ord. 13 § 1.1, 1966)

The arresting officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to the arrested person, and the arrested person, in order to secure release must give his written promise to appear in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained by said officer. The arresting officer shall then release the person arrested from custody. The arresting officer shall as soon as practicable file the duplicate notice with the magistrate specified therein. (Ord. 13 § 1.2, 1966)

When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and does not post bail as provided in Section 853.6 of the Penal Code of the state, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution, a warrant for his arrest within the time and in the manner as provided in the Penal Code of the state, 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 on which he promised to appear, then the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within the time and in the manner provided in the Penal Code of the state. (Ord. 13.1 § 1, 1978: Ord. 13 § 1.3, 1966)

It is unlawful for any person to wilfully violate his written promise to appear in court. Any person who wilfully violates 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, and upon conviction of the offense of wilfully violating his written promise to appear in court, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, in the county jail, or by both fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 13 § 1.4, 1966)