HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0674ORDINANCE N0. 674
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS
-0F CITY ORDINANCES.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood. does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF CITY
ORDINANCES.
(a) Then Person .Arrested. to be Given Notice to Appear,
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Whenever a person is arrested for a violation of any
ordinance of the City of Lynwood and. such person is not immediately
taken before a magistrate as is more fully set forth in the Penal
Code of the State of California, the arresting officer shall prepare,
in duplicate, a written notioe to appear in court, containing the
name and address of such person, the offense charged, and. the time
and place where and. when such person shall appear in court.
(b) Time for Appearance,
The time specified. in the notice to appear must be at
least five days after such arrest.
(c) Plaoe of Appearance.
The place specified. in said notice to appear shall be before
a judge of the Municipal Court of the Compton Judicial District, or
before an officer authorized. by the County of Los Angeles to receive
a deposit of bail.
(d) Delivery of Copy to Arrested. Person; Release Upon
Signing Duplicate Notioe. Said. officer shall deliver one copy of the
notice to appear to the arrested. person and. the arrested. person, in
order to secure release, must give his written promise so to appear
in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained. by
the officer. Thereupon, the arresting officer shall forthwith release
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notice with the magistrate .specified therein, Thereupon, the magis-
trate shall fix the amount of bail which in his judgment, in accordance
with provisions of Section 1275 of the Penal Code of the State of
California,will be reasonable and sufficient for the appearance of
the d.efend.ant and shall endorse upon the notice a statement signed by
him in the form set forth in .Section 815 (a) of the Penal Code of the
State of California.. The defendant may, prior to the date upon which
he promised. to appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the
amount of bail thus set. Thereafter, at the time when the case is
called. for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant shall
no L- appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare
the bail forfeited, and may in his discretion order that no further
proceedings shall be had. in such case,
Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings
be had., all sums deposited. as bail shall forthwith be paid. to the
county treasury for distribution pursuant to Section 1463 of the
Penal Code of the State of California.
(f) Issuance of Warrant for Arrest,
No warrant shall be issued on such charge for the arrest of
a person who has given such written promise to appear in court, unless
and. until he has violated such promise or had. failed. to deposit bail,
to appear for arraignment, trial, or judgment, or to comply with the
terms and. provisions of the judgment as required. by law.
(g) Violation of Promise to Appear.
Any person wilfully violating his written promise to appear
in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of
the charge upon which he was originally arrested.,
(h) Issuance of Arrest Warrant on Failure to Appear,
When a person signs a written promise to a
ppear at the time
and place specified. in the written promise to'appear and. has not p~.ctPa
before an officer authorized to
accept bail other than a magistrate
and fails to do so on or before
then within
twenty (20} da s the date which he promised to appear
S' after the delivery of such written
promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction
over the offense,
When such person violates his promise to appear before an
officer authorized to receive
bail other than a magistrate the
officer shall immedia ely deliver
diction over to the magistrate having juris-
the offense charged, the written promise to appear and.
the complaint, if any, filed. by the arresting officer,
Section 2, The City Clerk
shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published once in the Lynwood
Press, a weekly newspaper published,
printed., and circulated in the City of Lynwood, California,
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held. on the 20th day of
adopted and ordered aa,7ourneday' 1958, and finally
published. at a egular meeting of said Council
held on the 27th day of Ma
y ~ 1958, by the followin
Ayes: Councilmen g vote'
English, Finch, Pender,
Summers,
Noes: Councilmen _
None.
Absent; Councilmen Comp ont
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; ss,
CITY OF LYNWOCD
I, the undersigned City Clerk
City of Lynwood., and ex-officio clerk of the
of said Oit of the Council
Y, do hereby certify that the-above is
a true and correct copy of
ordinance No- 6_ 7__4 _
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood
and. that same was passed on the date and by the vote
therein stated..
- Dated this 28th
---.- day of
_----May_= 19 58 .
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ITY CLE C 0 LY WOOD
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