California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 307

WIC § 307 Effective Sep 13, 1982Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 7

Statute text

A peace officer or probation officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 305 shall thereafter proceed as follows:

(a)The officer may release the minor.

(b)The officer may prepare in duplicate a written notice for the parent or parents of the minor to appear with the minor before the probation officer of the county in which the minor was taken into custody at a time and place specified in the notice. The notice shall also contain a concise statement of the reasons the minor was taken into custody. The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to the minor and a parent, guardian, or responsible relative of the minor and may require the minor and the parent, guardian, or relative to sign a written promise that he or she shall appear at the time and place designated in the notice. Upon the execution of the promise to appear, the officer shall immediately release the minor. The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file one copy of the notice with the probation officer.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 5. Effective September 13, 1982.