California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

WIC §214: In each instance in which a provision of this chapter authorizes the execution by any person of a written promise to appear or to have any other person appear before the probation officer or before th

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Willful failure to appear as promised in a written promise to appear before a probation officer or juvenile court is a misdemeanor, provided the promissor received a copy clearly stating failure to appear is punishable as such.

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In each instance in which a provision of this chapter authorizes the execution by any person of a written promise to appear or to have any other person appear before the probation officer or before the juvenile court, any willful failure of such promissor to perform as promised constitutes a misdemeanor and is punishable as such if at the time of the execution of such written promise the promissor is given a copy of such written promise upon which it is clearly written that failure to appear or to have any other person appear as promised is punishable as a misdemeanor.

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