California Penal Code

§ 813

PEN § 813 Effective Sep 28, 1998Title 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)When a complaint is filed with a magistrate charging a felony originally triable in the superior court of the county in which he or she sits, if, and only if, the magistrate is satisfied from the complaint that the offense complained of has been committed and that there is reasonable ground to believe that the defendant has committed it, the magistrate shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant, except that, upon the request of the prosecutor, a summons instead of an arrest warrant shall be issued.

(b)A summons issued pursuant to this section shall be in substantially the same form as an arrest warrant and shall contain all of the following:

(1)The name of the defendant.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 362. Effective September 28, 1998.