{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"853.7","citation":"Pen. Code, § 853.7","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5C. Citations for Misdemeanors [853.5. - 853.85.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-3/chapter-5c"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 403, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person who willfully violates his or her written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of his or her promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.</p>","text":"Any person who willfully violates his or her written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of his or her promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/citations-for-misdemeanors-853-7","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}