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Penal Code § 1311

ARTICLE 8. Recommitment of the Defendant, After Having Given Bail or Deposited Money Instead of Bail

Current as of September 28, 2026Pen. Code, § 1311Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 120. Effective January 1, 1997.

The order for the recommitment of the defendant must recite generally the facts upon which it is founded, and direct that the defendant be arrested by any sheriff, marshal, or policeman in this state, and committed to the officer in whose custody he or she was at the time he or she was admitted to bail, to be detained until legally discharged.