ARTICLE 2. Release Upon Promise to Appear [40500. - 40522.]
Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 40500–40522 · 27 sections
- § 40500 (a) Whenever a person is arrested for any violation of this code not declared to be a felony, or for a violation of an ordinance of a city or county relating…
- § 40501 (a) The time specified in the notice to appear shall be a specific date which is at least 21 days after the arrest, except that the court having jurisdiction…
- § 40502 The place specified in the notice to appear shall be any of the following: (a) Before a magistrate within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to…
- § 40503 Every notice to appear or notice of violation and every complaint or information charging a violation of any provision of this code regulating the speed of…
- § 40504 (a) The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person and the arrested person in order to secure release must give his or her…
- § 40505 Whenever any traffic or police officer delivers a notice to appear or notice of violation charging an offense under this code to any person, it shall include…
- § 40506 The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file a copy of the notice with the magistrate or before a person authorized by the magistrate or judge to receive a…
- § 40506.5 Prior to the date upon which the defendant promised to appear and without depositing bail, the defendant may request a continuance of the written promise to…
- § 40507 A written promise to appear in court may be complied with by an appearance by counsel.
- § 40508 (a) A person willfully violating their written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of their promise to appear in court or before a person…
- § 40508.6 The superior court in any county may establish administrative assessments, not to exceed ten dollars ($10), for clerical and administrative costs incurred for…
- § 40509.1 If any person has willfully failed to comply with a court order, except a failure to appear, to pay a fine, or to attend traffic violator school, which was…
- § 40510 (a) Prior to the date upon which a defendant promised to appear, or prior to the expiration of any lawful continuance of that date, or upon receipt of…
- § 40510.5 (a) The clerk of the court may accept a payment and forfeiture of at least 10 percent of the total bail amount for each infraction violation of this code prior…
- § 40511 If bail has not been previously fixed and approved by the judges of the court in accordance with a schedule of bail, the magistrate shall fix the amount of…
- § 40512 (a) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2) and subdivision (b), if at the time the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate the defendant does…
- § 40512.5 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), if at the time the case is called for trial the defendant does not appear, either in person or by counsel, and has…
- § 40512.6 (a) If a defendant who elects or is ordered to attend a traffic violator school in accordance with Section 42005 and has paid the full traffic violator school…
- § 40513 (a) Whenever written notice to appear has been prepared, delivered, and filed with the court, an exact and legible duplicate copy of the notice when filed with…
- § 40514 No warrant shall issue on the charge for the arrest of a person who has given his written promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a…
- § 40515 (a) When a person signs a written promise to appear or is granted a continuance of his or her promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written…
- § 40516 (a) The expenses incurred by the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Motor Vehicles in executing any warrant issued as a result…
- § 40518 (a) Whenever a written notice to appear has been issued by a peace officer or by a qualified employee of a law enforcement agency on a form approved by the…
- § 40519 (a) Any person who has received a written notice to appear for an infraction may, prior to the time at which the person is required to appear, make a deposit…
- § 40520 (a) A notice to appear issued pursuant to Section 40518 for an alleged violation recorded by an automatic enforcement system shall contain, or be accompanied…
- § 40521 (a) Except when personal appearance is required by the bail schedule established under Section 1269b of the Penal Code, a person to whom a notice to appear has…
- § 40522 Whenever a person is arrested for violations specified in Section 40303.5 and none of the disqualifying conditions set forth in subdivision (b) of Section…