California Vehicle Code

§ 40303

VEH § 40303 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 17 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Whenever a person is arrested for any of the offenses listed in subdivision (b) and the arresting officer is not required to take the person without unnecessary delay before a magistrate, the arrested person shall, in the judgment of the arresting officer, either be given a 10 days’ notice to appear, or be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed and who has jurisdiction of the offense and is nearest or most accessible with reference to the place where the arrest is made. The officer may require that the arrested person, if he or she does not have satisfactory identification, place a right thumbprint, or a left thumbprint or fingerprint if the person has a missing or disfigured right thumb, on the 10 days’ notice to appear when a 10 days’ notice is provided. Except for law enforcement purposes relating to the identity of the arrestee, a person or entity shall not sell, give away, allow the distribution of, include in a database, or create a database with, this print.

(b)Subdivision (a) applies to the following offenses:

(1)Section 10852 or 10853, relating to injuring or tampering with a vehicle.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 288, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2007.