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Cal. Penal Code § 1552.1

Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)

Part of Chapter 4: Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 1552.1

Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.

Cal. Penal Code § 1552.1Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged, is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, or it is shown that the prisoner is alleged to have escaped or violated the terms of his parole following conviction of a crime punishable in the state of conviction by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, the magistrate may admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties, and in such sum as he deems proper, conditioned upon the appearance of such person before him at a time specified in such bond or undertaking, and for his surrender upon the warrant of the Governor of this state. Nothing in this section or in Section 1553 shall be deemed to prevent the immediate service of a Governor’s warrant issued under Section 1549.2.

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