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Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Signal Hill Municipal Code Ch. 1.20 Imprisonment

Signal Hill Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Signal Hill

Cite as: Signal Hill Municipal Code Chapter 1.20 · Text as of 2026-10-03

1.20.010 Sheriff's custody.

Any person under arrest charged with the violation of any ordinance of the city or any law in force therein may, before conviction, unless released on bail in the manner provided by law, be committed either to the city jail or to the custody of the sheriff of the county, except during such times as it may be necessary for any such person to attend court.

(Ord. 80-6-846 § 3 (part): prior code § 9.64.010 (Ord. 5 § 1, 1924))

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1.20.020 Place of imprisonment.

All persons sentenced by any court to imprisonment for the violation of any ordinance of the city, or any law in effect therein, shall be imprisoned in either the county or the city jail.

(Ord. 80-6-846 § 3 (part): prior code § 9.64.020 (Ord. 5 § 2, 1924))

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1.20.030 Expenses.

All expenses of imprisonment under this chapter shall be paid by the city.

(Prior code § 9.64.030 (Ord. 5 § 2, 1924))

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