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Cal. Penal Code § 853.8

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

Part of Chapter 5C: C. Citations for Misdemeanors, California Penal Code.

Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 853.8

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 § 853.8Primary source, current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
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 Section 853.6, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his or her arrest within 20 days after his or her failure to appear as promised or within 20 days after his or her failure to appear after a lawfully granted continuance of his or her promise to appear.

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