Penal Code - PEN
PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681 - 1620]
( Part 2 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777 - 883]
( Heading of Title 3 amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674. ) CHAPTER 5C. Citations for Misdemeanors [853.5 - 853.85]
( Heading of Chapter 5C amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 816. ) 853.8.
When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided in Section 853.6, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his or her arrest within 20 days after his or her failure to appear as promised or within 20 days after his or her failure to appear after a lawfully granted continuance of his or her promise to appear.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 403, Sec. 3.)