California

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5,800 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1232 — Commencing no later than 18 months following the initial receipt of funding pursuant to this chapter and annually thereafter, the Judicial Council, in consultation with the Department of Corrections a
• § 1233.1 — After the conclusion of each calendar year, the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Chief Probatio
• § 1233.2 — (a) Beginning with the 2025–26 fiscal year, the amount of one hundred three million six hundred sixty-eight thousand ten dollars ($103,668,010) is hereby annually appropriated from the General Fund to
• § 1233.3 — The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and the Judicial C
• § 1233.4 — If data of sufficient quality and of the types required for the implementation of this chapter are not available to the Department of Finance, the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Depar
• § 1233.5 — (a) A statewide performance maintenance payment calculated pursuant to Section 1233.
• § 1233.6 — (a) The Department of Finance shall increase to no more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) the award amount for any county whose statewide performance maintenance payment and county performa
• § 1235 — (a) Either party to a felony case may appeal on questions of law alone, as prescribed in this title and in rules adopted by the Judicial Council.
• § 1236 — The party appealing is known as the appellant, and the adverse party as the respondent, but the title of the action is not changed in consequence of the appeal.
• § 1237 — An appeal may be taken by the defendant from both of the following: (a) Except as provided in Sections 1237.
• § 1237.1 — No appeal shall be taken by the defendant from a judgment of conviction on the ground of an error in the calculation of presentence custody credits, unless the defendant first presents the claim in th
• § 1237.2 — An appeal may not be taken by the defendant from a judgment of conviction on the ground of an error in the imposition or calculation of fines, penalty assessments, surcharges, fees, or costs unless th
• § 1237.5 — No appeal shall be taken by the defendant from a judgment of conviction upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or a revocation of probation following an admission of violation, except where both of
• § 1238 — (a) An appeal may be taken by the people from any of the following: (1) An order setting aside all or any portion of the indictment, information, or complaint.
• § 1238.5 — Upon appeal by the prosecution pursuant to Section 1238, where the notice of appeal is filed after the expiration of the time available to defendant to seek review of an otherwise reviewable order or
• § 1239 — (a) Where an appeal lies on behalf of the defendant or the people, it may be taken by the defendant or his or her counsel, or by counsel for the people, in the manner provided in rules adopted by the
• § 1239.1 — (a) It is the duty of the Supreme Court in a capital case to expedite the review of the case.
• § 124 — The making of a deposition, affidavit or certificate is deemed to be complete, within the provisions of this chapter, from the time when it is delivered by the accused to any other person, with the in
• § 1240 — (a) When in a proceeding falling within the provisions of Section 15421 of the Government Code a person is not represented by a public defender acting pursuant to Section 27706 of the Government Code
• § 1240.1 — (a) In any noncapital criminal, juvenile court, or civil commitment case wherein the defendant would be entitled to the appointment of counsel on appeal if indigent, it shall be the duty of the attorn
• § 1241 — In any case in which counsel other than a public defender has been appointed by the Supreme Court or by a court of appeal to represent a party to any appeal or proceeding, such counsel shall receive a
• § 1242 — An appeal taken by the people in no case stays or affects the operation of a judgment in favor of the defendant, until judgment is reversed.
• § 1243 — An appeal to the Supreme Court or to a court of appeal from a judgment of conviction stays the execution of the judgment in all cases where a sentence of death has been imposed, but does not stay the
• § 1244 — If the certificate provided for in the preceding section is filed, the Sheriff must, if the defendant be in his custody, upon being served with a copy thereof, keep the defendant in his custody withou
• § 1245 — If before the granting of the certificate, the execution of the judgment has commenced, the further execution thereof is suspended, and upon service of a copy of such certificate the defendant must be
• § 1246 — The record on appeal shall be made up and filed in such time and manner as shall be prescribed in rules adopted by the Judicial Council.
• § 1247k — The Judicial Council shall have the power to prescribe by rules for the practice and procedure on appeal, and for the time and manner in which the records on such appeals shall be made up and filed, i
• § 1248 — If the appeal is irregular in any substantial particular, but not otherwise, the appellate court may order it to be dismissed.
• § 125 — An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.
• § 1252 — On an appeal in a criminal case, no continuance shall be granted upon stipulation of counsel, and no continuance shall be granted for any longer period than the ends of justice shall require.
• § 1253 — The judgment may be affirmed if the appellant fail to appear, but can be reversed only after argument, though the respondent fail to appear.
• § 1254 — Upon the argument of the appeal, if the offense is punishable with death, two counsel must be heard on each side, if they require it.
• § 1255 — The defendant need not personally appear in the appellate Court.
• § 1256 — It shall be the duty of the district attorney to cooperate with and assist the attorney general in presenting all criminal matters on appeal.
• § 1258 — After hearing the appeal, the Court must give judgment without regard to technical errors or defects, or to exceptions, which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
• § 1259 — Upon an appeal taken by the defendant, the appellate court may, without exception having been taken in the trial court, review any question of law involved in any ruling, order, instruction, or thing
• § 126 — Perjury is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.
• § 1260 — The court may reverse, affirm, or modify a judgment or order appealed from, or reduce the degree of the offense or attempted offense or the punishment imposed, and may set aside, affirm, or modify any
• § 1261 — When a new trial is ordered it must be directed to be had in the Court of the county from which the appeal was taken.
• § 1262 — If a judgment against the defendant is reversed, such reversal shall be deemed an order for a new trial, unless the appellate court shall otherwise direct.
• § 1263 — If a judgment against the defendant is affirmed, the original judgment must be enforced.
• § 1265 — (a) After the certificate of the judgment has been remitted to the court below, the appellate court has no further jurisdiction of the appeal or of the proceedings thereon, and all orders necessary to
• § 1268 — Admission to bail is the order of a competent Court or magistrate that the defendant be discharged from actual custody upon bail.
• § 1269 — The taking of bail consists in the acceptance, by a competent court or magistrate, of the undertaking of sufficient bail for the appearance of the defendant, according to the terms of the undertaking,
• § 1269a — Except as otherwise provided by law, no defendant charged in a warrant of arrest with any public offense shall be discharged from custody upon bail except upon a written order of a competent court or
• § 1269b — (a) The officer in charge of a jail in which an arrested person is held in custody, an officer of a sheriff’s department or police department of a city who is in charge of a jail or is employed at a f
• § 1269c — If a defendant is arrested without a warrant for a bailable felony offense or for the misdemeanor offense of violating a domestic violence restraining order, and a peace officer has reasonable cause t
• § 127 — Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be if personally guilty of the perjury so pro
• § 1270 — (a) Any person who has been arrested for, or charged with, an offense other than a capital offense may be released on his or her own recognizance by a court or magistrate who could release a defendant
• § 1270.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), before a person who is arrested for any of the following crimes may be released on bail in an amount that is either more or less than the amount contained in
• § 1270.2 — When a person is detained in custody on a criminal charge prior to conviction for want of bail, that person is entitled to an automatic review of the order fixing the amount of the bail by the judge o
• § 1270.5 — A defendant charged with an offense punishable with death cannot be admitted to bail, when the proof of his or her guilt is evident or the presumption thereof great.
• § 1271 — If the charge is for any other offense, he may be admitted to bail before conviction, as a matter of right.
• § 1272 — After conviction of an offense not punishable with death or life without the possibility of parole, a defendant who has made application for probation or who has appealed may be admitted to bail: (a)
• § 1272.1 — Release on bail pending appeal under subdivision (3) of Section 1272 shall be ordered by the court if the defendant demonstrates all the following: (a) By clear and convincing evidence, the defendant
• § 1273 — If the offense is bailable, the defendant may be admitted to bail before conviction: First —For his appearance before the magistrate, on the examination of the charge, before being held to answer.
• § 1274 — When the admission to bail is a matter of discretion, the Court or officer to whom the application is made must require reasonable notice thereof to be given to the District Attorney of the county.
• § 1275 — (a) (1) In setting, reducing, or denying bail, a judge or magistrate shall take into consideration the protection of the public, the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of
• § 1275.1 — (a) Bail, pursuant to this chapter, shall not be accepted unless a judge or magistrate finds that no portion of the consideration, pledge, security, deposit, or indemnification paid, given, made, or p
• § 1276 — (a) A bail bond or undertaking of bail of an admitted surety insurer shall be accepted or approved by a court or magistrate without further acknowledgment if executed by a licensed bail agent of the i
• § 1276.1 — (a) On and after January 1, 2022, no insurer, bail agent, or other bail licensee shall enter into a contract, agreement, or undertaking of bail that requires the payment of more than one premium for t
• § 1276.5 — (a) At the time of an initial application to a bail bond licensee for a bail bond which is to be secured by a lien against real property, the bail bond licensee shall provide the property owner with a
• § 1277 — When the defendant has been held to answer upon an examination for a public offense, the admission to bail may be by the magistrate by whom he is so held, or by any magistrate who has power to issue t
• § 1278 — (a) Bail is put in by a written undertaking, executed by two sufficient sureties (with or without the defendant, in the discretion of the magistrate), and acknowledged before the court or magistrate,
• § 1279 — The qualifications of bail are as follows: 1.
• § 128 — Every person who, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
• § 1280 — The bail must in all cases justify by affidavit taken before the magistrate, that they each possess the qualifications provided in the preceding section.
• § 1280.1 — (a) From the time of recording an affidavit for the justification of bail, the affidavit shall constitute an attachment lien governed by Sections 488.
• § 1280a — All affidavits for the justification of bail shall set forth the amount of the bail undertaking, a notice that the affidavit shall constitute a lien upon the real property described in the affidavit i
• § 1280b — It shall be the duty of the judge or magistrate to file with the clerk of the court, within 24 hours after presentation to him or her, all affidavits for the justification of bail, by delivering or ma
• § 1281 — Upon the allowance of bail and the execution and approval of the undertaking, the magistrate must, if the defendant is in custody, make and sign an order for his discharge, upon the delivery of which
• § 1281a — A judge of the superior court within the county, wherein a cause is pending against any person charged with a felony, may justify and approve bail in the said cause, and may execute an order for the r
• § 1284 — When the offense charged is not punishable with death, the officer serving the bench warrant must, if required, take the defendant before a magistrate in the county in which it is issued, or in which
• § 1285 — If the offense charged is punishable with death, the officer arresting the defendant must deliver him into custody, according to the command of the bench warrant.
• § 1286 — When the defendant is so delivered into custody he must be held by the Sheriff, unless admitted to bail on examination upon a writ of habeas corpus.
• § 1287 — (a) The bail shall be put in by a written undertaking, executed by two sufficient sureties (with or without the defendant, in the discretion of the court or magistrate), and acknowledged before the co
• § 1288 — The provisions contained in sections 1279, 1280, 1280 a and 1281, in relation to bail before indictment, apply to bail after indictment.
• § 1289 — After a defendant has been admitted to bail upon an indictment or information, the Court in which the charge is pending may, upon good cause shown, either increase or reduce the amount of bail.
• § 129 — Every person who, being required by law to make any return, statement, or report, under oath, willfully makes and delivers any such return, statement, or report, purporting to be under oath, knowing t
• § 1291 — In the cases in which defendant may be admitted to bail upon an appeal, the order admitting him to bail may be made by any Magistrate having the power to issue a writ of habeas corpus, or by the Magis
• § 1292 — The bail must possess the qualifications, and must be put in, in all respects, as provided in Article II of this Chapter, except that the undertaking must be conditioned as prescribed in Section 1273,
• § 1295 — (a) The defendant, or any other person, at any time after an order admitting defendant to bail or after the arrest and booking of a defendant for having committed a misdemeanor, instead of giving bail
• § 1296 — If the defendant has given bail, he may, at any time before the forfeiture of the undertaking, in like manner deposit the sum mentioned in the recognizance, and upon the deposit being made the bail is
• § 1297 — When money has been deposited, a receipt shall be issued in the name of the depositor.
• § 1298 — In lieu of a deposit of money, the defendant or any other person may deposit bonds of the United States or of the State of California of the face value of the cash deposit required, and these bonds sh
• § 1299 — This article shall be known as the Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act.
• § 1299.01 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Bail fugitive” means a defendant in a pending criminal case who has been released from custody under a fin
• § 1299.02 — (a) No person, other than a certified law enforcement officer, shall be authorized to apprehend, detain, or arrest a bail fugitive unless that person meets one of the following conditions: (1) Is a ba
• § 1299.04 — (a) A bail fugitive recovery agent, bail agent, bail permittee, or bail solicitor who contracts their services to another bail agent or surety as a bail fugitive recovery agent for the purposes specif
• § 1299.05 — In performing a bail fugitive apprehension, an individual authorized by Section 1299.
• § 1299.06 — Before apprehending a bail fugitive, an individual authorized by Section 1299.
• § 1299.07 — (a) An individual authorized by Section 1299.
• § 1299.08 — (a) Except under exigent circumstances, an individual authorized by Section 1299.
• § 1299.09 — An individual, authorized by Section 1299.
• § 1299.10 — An individual authorized by Section 1299.
• § 1299.11 — Any person who violates this act, or who conspires with another person to violate this act, or who hires an individual to apprehend a bail fugitive, knowing that the individual is not authorized by Se
• § 1299.12 — Nothing in this article is intended to exempt from licensure persons otherwise required to be licensed as private investigators pursuant to Chapter 11.
• § 13 — Whenever in this Code the punishment for a crime is left undetermined between certain limits, the punishment to be inflicted in a particular case must be determined by the Court authorized to pass sen
• § 1300 — (a) At any time before the forfeiture of their undertaking, or deposit by a third person, the bail or the depositor may surrender the defendant in their exoneration, or he may surrender himself, to th
• § 13000 — (a) All statewide automated fingerprint identification systems shall be maintained by the Department of Justice.
• § 1301 — For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, the bail or any person who has deposited money or bonds to secure the release of the defendant, at any time before such bail or other person is finally d
• § 13010 — It shall be the duty of the department: (a) To collect data necessary for the work of the department from all persons and agencies mentioned in Section 13020 and from any other appropriate source.
• § 13010.5 — (a) The department shall collect data pertaining to the juvenile justice system for criminal history and statistical purposes.
• § 13011 — The department may serve as statistical and research agency to the Department of Corrections, the Board of Prison Terms, the Board of Corrections, the Department of the Youth Authority, and the Youthf
• § 13012 — (a) The information published on the OpenJustice Web portal pursuant to Section 13010 shall contain statistics showing all of the following: (1) The amount and the types of offenses known to the publi
• § 13012.4 — (a) The annual report published by the department under Section 13010 shall, in regard to the contents required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13012, include the annual number of minor
• § 13012.5 — (a) The annual report published by the department under Section 13010 shall, in regard to the contents required by paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 13012, include the following statewide in
• § 13012.6 — The data published by the department on the OpenJustice Web portal pursuant to Section 13010 shall include information concerning arrests for violations of Section 530.
• § 13012.7 — (a) The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010, commencing with the report that includes data from 2022, shall, to the extent the data is available, include statistics on
• § 13012.8 — The annual report published by the department pursuant to Section 13010 shall include information concerning arrests for violations of Section 597.
• § 13012.9 — The information published on the OpenJustice Web portal pursuant to Section 13010 shall include information concerning arrests for violations of Section 236.
• § 13013 — The department shall maintain a data set, updated annually, that contains the number of crimes reported, number of clearances, and clearance rates in California as reported by individual law enforceme
• § 13014 — (a) The Department of Justice shall perform the following duties concerning the investigation and prosecution of homicide cases: (1) Collect information, as specified in subdivision (b), on all person
• § 13015 — (a) The Department of Justice shall submit a plan for the replacement of the Juvenile Court and Probation Statistical System (JCPSS) with a modern database and reporting system.
• § 13016 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined as follows: (1) “Council” means the Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Development Di
• § 1302 — If money has been deposited instead of bail, and the defendant, at any time before the forfeiture thereof, surrenders himself or herself to the officer to whom the commitment was directed, in the mann
• § 13020 — It shall be the duty of every city marshal, chief of police, railroad and steamship police, sheriff, coroner, district attorney, city attorney and city prosecutor having criminal jurisdiction, probati
• § 13020.5 — (a) Records and data reported in alignment with the federal National Incident-Based Reporting system, pursuant to Sections 13010 and 13020, shall be disaggregated by whether an incident occurred in In
• § 13021 — Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the Department of Justice such information as the Attorney General may by regulation require relative to misdemeanor violations of Chapter 7.
• § 13022 — Each sheriff and chief of police shall annually furnish the Department of Justice, in the manner prescribed by the Attorney General, a report of all justifiable homicides committed in his or her juris
• § 13023 — (a) This section shall be subject to the availability of adequate funding.
• § 1303 — If an action or proceeding against a defendant who has been admitted to bail is dismissed, the bail shall not be exonerated until a period of 15 days has elapsed since the entry of the order of dismis
• § 1304 — Any bail, or moneys or bonds deposited in lieu of bail, or any equity in real property as security in lieu of bail, or any agreement whereby the defendant is released on his or her own recognizance sh
• § 1305 — (a) (1) A court shall in open court declare forfeited the undertaking of bail or the money or property deposited as bail if, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear for any of the follo
• § 1305.1 — If the defendant fails to appear for arraignment, trial, judgment, or upon any other occasion when his or her appearance is lawfully required, but the court has reason to believe that sufficient excus
• § 1305.2 — If an assessment is made a condition of the order to set aside the forfeiture of an undertaking, deposit, or bail under Section 1305, the clerk of the court shall within 30 days mail notice thereof to
• § 1305.3 — The district attorney, county counsel, or applicable prosecuting agency, as the case may be, shall recover, out of the forfeited bail money, the costs and attorney’s fees incurred in successfully oppo
• § 1305.4 — Notwithstanding Section 1305, the surety insurer, the bail agent, the surety, or the depositor may file a motion, based upon good cause, for an order extending the 180-day period provided in that sect
• § 1305.5 — Notwithstanding Sections 85, 580, 904.
• § 1305.6 — (a) If a person appears in court after the end of the 180-day period specified in Section 1305, the court may, in its discretion, vacate the forfeiture and exonerate the bond if both of the following
• § 13050 — Each sheriff or other officer to whom a complaint that relates to the loss or theft of any equine animal is made shall, in a timely manner, transmit to the Bureau of Livestock Identification a report
• § 13051 — The Bureau of Livestock Identification shall compile a report on information received pursuant to Section 24104 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
• § 1306 — (a) When any bond is forfeited and the period of time specified in Section 1305 has elapsed without the forfeiture having been set aside, the court which has declared the forfeiture shall enter a summ
• § 1306.1 — The provisions of Sections 1305 and 1306 shall not affect the payment of bail deposits into the city or county treasury, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 40512 of the Vehicle Code in those case
• § 1307 — If, by reason of the neglect of the defendant to appear, money deposited instead of bail is forfeited, and the forfeiture is not discharged or remitted, the clerk with whom it is deposited must, at th
• § 1308 — (a) No court or magistrate shall accept any person or corporation as surety on bail if any summary judgment against that person or corporation entered pursuant to Section 1306 remains unpaid after the
• § 131 — Every person in any matter under investigation for a violation of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 1 of Title 4 of the Corporations Code), the C
• § 1310 — The court to which the committing magistrate returns the depositions, or in which an indictment, information, or appeal is pending, or to which a judgment on appeal is remitted to be carried into effe
• § 13100 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That the criminal justice agencies in this state require, for the performance of their official duties, accurate and reasonably complete criminal off
• § 13100.1 — (a) The Attorney General shall appoint an advisory committee to the California-Criminal Index and Identification (Cal-CII) system to assist in the ongoing management of the system with respect to oper
• § 13100.2 — (a) The designee of the Attorney General shall serve as chair of the committee.
• § 13101 — As used in this chapter, “criminal justice agencies” are those agencies at all levels of government which perform as their principal functions, activities which either: (a) Relate to the apprehension,
• § 13102 — As used in this chapter, “criminal offender record information” means records and data compiled by criminal justice agencies for purposes of identifying criminal offenders and of maintaining as to eac
• § 13103 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to retention of public records, any criminal justice agency may cause the original records filed pursuant to this chapter to be destroyed if all of
• § 13104 — Any certified reproduction of any record stored on a nonerasable storage medium under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a certification of the original record.
• § 1311 — 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,
• § 1312 — The defendant may be arrested pursuant to the order, upon a certified copy thereof, in any county, in the same manner as upon a warrant of arrest, except that when arrested in another county the order
• § 13125 — All basic information stored in state or local criminal offender record information systems shall be recorded, when applicable and available, in the f
• § 13127 — Each recording agency shall insure that each portion of a criminal offender record that it originates shall include, for all felonies and reportable misdemeanors, the state or local unique and permane
• § 13128 — For purposes of the maintenance of criminal records pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 653.
• § 1313 — If the order recites, as the ground upon which it is made, the failure of the defendant to appear for judgment upon conviction, the defendant must be committed according to the requirement of the orde
• § 1314 — If the order be made for any other cause, and the offense is bailable, the Court may fix the amount of bail, and may cause a direction to be inserted in the order that the defendant be admitted to bai
• § 1315 — When the defendant is admitted to bail, the bail may be taken by any magistrate in the county, having authority in a similar case to admit to bail, upon the holding of the defendant to answer before a
• § 13150 — (a) For each arrest made, the reporting agency shall report to the Department of Justice, concerning each arrest, the applicable identification and arrest data described in Section 13125 and fingerpri
• § 13151 — (a) The superior court that disposes of a case for which an arrest was required to be reported to the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 13150 or for which fingerprints were taken and submitted
• § 13151.1 — When a disposition described in Section 13151 is one of dismissal of the charge, the disposition report shall state one of the following reasons, as appropriate: (a) Dismissal in furtherance of justic
• § 13152 — Both admission and release from detention facilities shall be reported by the detention agency to the Department of Justice within 30 days of that action.
• § 13153 — Criminal offender record information relating to arrests for being found in any public place under the influence of intoxicating liquor under subdivision (f) of Section 647 shall not be reported or ma
• § 13154 — Each reporting agency shall report to the Department of Justice each arrest for the commission of a public offense while in custody in any local detention facility, or any state prison, as provided in
• § 13155 — Commencing January 1, 2013, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall collect from trial courts information regarding the implementation of the 2011 Realignment Legislation.
• § 1316 — When bail is taken upon the recommitment of the defendant, the undertaking must be in substantially the following form: An order having been made on the ____ day of ____, A.
• § 1317 — The bail must possess the qualifications, and must be put in, in all respects, in the manner prescribed in Article II of this Chapter.
• § 13175 — When a criminal justice agency supplies fingerprints, or a fingerprint identification number, or such other personal identifiers as the Department of Justice deems appropriate, to the Department of Ju
• § 13176 — When a criminal justice agency entitled to such information supplies fingerprints, or a fingerprint identification number, or such other personal identifiers as the Department of Justice deems appropr
• § 13177 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the Department of Justice from requiring criminal justice agencies to report any information which is required by any other statute to be reporte
• § 1318 — (a) The defendant shall not be released from custody under an own recognizance until the defendant files with the clerk of the court or other person authorized to accept bail a signed release agreemen
• § 1318.1 — (a) A court, with the concurrence of the board of supervisors, may employ an investigative staff for the purpose of recommending whether a defendant should be released on his or her own recognizance.
• § 1319 — (a) No person arrested for a violent felony, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 667.
• § 1319.5 — (a) A person described in subdivision (b) who is arrested for a new offense shall not be released on his or her own recognizance until a hearing is held in open court before the magistrate or judge.
• § 132 — Every person who upon any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized or permitted by law, offers in evidence, as genuine or true, any book, paper, document, record, or other ins
• § 132.5 — (a) A person who is a witness to an event or occurrence that he or she knows, or reasonably should know, is a crime or who has personal knowledge of facts that he or she knows, or reasonably should kn
• § 1320 — (a) Every person who is charged with or convicted of the commission of a misdemeanor who is released from custody on his or her own recognizance and who in order to evade the process of the court will
• § 1320.35 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to understand and reduce biases based on gender, income level, race, or ethnicity in pretrial release decisionmaking.
• § 1320.5 — Every person who is charged with or convicted of the commission of a felony, who is released from custody on bail, and who in order to evade the process of the court willfully fails to appear as requi
• § 13200 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the right of access of any person or public agency to individual criminal offender record information that is authorized by any other provision of
• § 13201 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize access of any person or public agency to individual criminal offender record information unless such access is otherwise authorized by law.
• § 13202 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 11105 and subdivision (a) of Section 13305, every public agency or bona fide research institution concerned with the prevention or control of crime, the
• § 13203 — (a) A criminal justice agency may release, within five years of the arrest, information concerning an arrest or detention of a peace officer, as defined in Section 830, an applicant for a position as
• § 1321 — The rules for determining the competency of witnesses in civil actions are applicable also to criminal actions and proceedings, except as otherwise provided in this Code.
• § 1324 — In any felony proceeding or in any investigation or proceeding before a grand jury for any felony offense if a person refuses to answer a question or produce evidence of any other kind on the ground t
• § 1324.1 — In any misdemeanor proceeding in any court, if a person refuses to answer a question or produce evidence of any other kind on the ground that he may be incriminated thereby, the person may agree in wr
• § 1324.2 — (a) Testimony of a victim or witness in a felony prosecution for a violation or attempted violation of Section 220, 243.
• § 1326 — (a) The process by which the attendance of a witness before a court or magistrate is required is a subpoena.
• § 1326.1 — (a) An order for the production of utility records in whatever form and however stored shall be issued by a judge only upon a written ex parte application by a peace officer showing specific and artic
• § 1326.2 — (a) An order for the production of escrow or title records in whatever form and however stored shall be issued by a judge only upon a written ex parte application by a peace officer showing specific a
• § 1327 — A subpoena authorized by Section 1326 shall be substantially in the following form: The people of the State of California to A.
• § 1328 — (a) A subpoena may be served by any person, except that the defendant may not serve a subpoena in the criminal action to which he or she is a party, but a peace officer shall serve in his or her count
• § 1328.5 — Whenever any peace officer is a witness before any court or magistrate in any criminal action or proceeding in connection with a matter regarding an event or transaction which he has perceived or inve
• § 1328.6 — Whenever any criminalist, questioned document examiner, latent print analyst, polygraph examiner employed by the Department of Justice, a police department, a sheriff’s office, or a district attorney’
• § 1328d — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1328, except as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 1328, a subpoena may be delivered by mail, messenger, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission.
• § 1329 — (a) When a person attends before a magistrate, grand jury, or court, as a witness in a criminal case, whether upon a subpoena or in pursuance of an undertaking, or voluntarily, the court, at its discr
• § 1329.1 — Any witness who is subpoenaed in any criminal action or proceeding shall be given written notice on the subpoena that the witness may be entitled to receive fees and mileage.
• § 133 — Every person who practices any fraud or deceit, or knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement, representation, token, or writing, to any witness or person about to be called as a witness upon any
• § 1330 — No person is obliged to attend as a witness before a court or magistrate out of the county where the witness resides, or is served with the subpoena, unless the distance be less than 150 miles from hi
• § 13300 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Local summary criminal history information” means the master record of information compiled by any local criminal justice agency pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing wit
• § 13301 — As used in this article: (a) “Record” means the master local summary criminal history information as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 13300, or a copy thereof.
• § 13302 — An employee of the local criminal justice agency who knowingly furnishes a record or information obtained from a record to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record or information is
• § 13303 — Any person authorized by law to receive a record or information obtained from a record who knowingly furnishes the record or information to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record
• § 13304 — Any person, except those specifically referred to in Section 1070 of the Evidence Code, who, knowing he is not authorized by law to receive a record or information obtained from a record, knowingly bu