California Penal Code CHAPTER 1 - Proceedings in Misdemeanor and Infraction Cases

  • Section 1427.
    (a) When a complaint is presented to a judge in a misdemeanor or infraction case appearing to be triable in the judge’s court, the judge must,...
  • Section 1428.
    In misdemeanor and infraction cases, the clerk of the superior court may keep a docket, instead of minutes pursuant to Section 69844 of the Government...
  • Section 1429.
    In a misdemeanor case the plea of the defendant may be made by the defendant or by the defendant’s counsel. If such defendant pleads guilty,...
  • Section 1445.
    When the defendant pleads guilty, or is convicted, either by the court, or by a jury, the court shall render judgment thereon of fine or...
  • Section 1447.
    When the defendant is acquitted in a misdemeanor or infraction case, if the court certifies in the minutes that the prosecution was malicious and without...
  • Section 1448.
     If the complainant does not pay the costs, or give an undertaking therefor, the court may enter judgment against the complainant for the amount of...
  • Section 1449.
    In a misdemeanor or infraction case, after a plea, finding, or verdict of guilty, or after a finding or verdict against the defendant on a...
  • Section 1457.
    Upon payment of the fine, the officer must discharge the defendant, if he is not detained for any other legal cause, and pay over the...
  • Section 1458.
    The provisions of this code relative to bail are applicable to bail in misdemeanor or infraction cases. The defendant, at any time after arrest and...
  • Section 1459.
    Undertakings of bail filed by admitted surety insurers shall meet all other requirements of law and the obligation of the insurer shall be in the...
  • Section 1462.2.
    Except as otherwise provided in the Vehicle Code, the proper court for the trial of criminal cases amounting to misdemeanor shall be the superior court...
  • Section 1462.25.
    (a) A defendant formally charged with a violation of Vehicle Code Section 14601 in one court (“the first court”), against whom a formal charge of a...
  • Section 1462.5.
    Each installment or partial payment of a fine, penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be prorated among the state and local shares according to the trial...
  • Section 1463.
    All fines and forfeitures imposed and collected for crimes shall be distributed in accordance with Section 1463.001.The following definitions shall apply to terms used in...
  • Section 1463.001.
    Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fines and forfeitures imposed and collected for crimes other than parking offenses resulting from a filing in...
  • Section 1463.002.
    The base fine amounts from city arrests shall be subject to distribution according to the following schedule:County and cityPercentageAlamedaAlameda  ........................ 18Albany  ........................ 29Berkeley  ........................ 19Emeryville ...
  • Section 1463.004.
    (a) If a sentencing judge specifies only the total fine or forfeiture, or if an automated case-processing system requires it, percentage calculations may be employed to...
  • Section 1463.005.
    Notwithstanding Section 1463.001, in a county subject to Section 77202.5 of the Government Code, of base fines resulting from arrests not subject to allocation under...
  • Section 1463.006.
    Any money deposited with the court or with the clerk thereof which, by order of the court or for any other reason, should be returned,...
  • Section 1463.007.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a county or court that operates a comprehensive collection program may deduct the costs of operating that program, excluding capital expenditures,...
  • Section 1463.009.
    Notwithstanding Section 1463, all bail forfeitures that are collected from any source in a case in which a defendant is charged and convicted of a...
  • Section 1463.010.
    The uniform imposition and enforcement of court-ordered debts are recognized as an important element of California’s judicial system. Prompt, efficient, and effective imposition and collection...
  • Section 1463.011.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a court, during the course of its routine process to collect fees, fines, forfeitures, or other penalties imposed...
  • Section 1463.012.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a court, during the course of its routine process to collect fees, fines, forfeitures, or other penalties imposed by a...
  • Section 1463.02.
    (a) On or before June 30, 2011, the Judicial Council shall establish a task force to evaluate criminal and traffic-related court-ordered debts imposed against adult and...
  • Section 1463.04.
    Notwithstanding Section 1463, out of the moneys deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section 1463, there shall be transferred once a month into the...
  • Section 1463.07.
    An administrative screening fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be collected from each person arrested and released on his or her own recognizance upon conviction...
  • Section 1463.1.
    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law except Section 77009 of the Government Code, any trial court may elect, with prior approval of the Administrative Director...
  • Section 1463.5.
    The distribution of funds required pursuant to Section 1463, and the distribution of assessments imposed and collected under Section 1464 and Section 42006 of the...
  • Section 1463.7.
    Funds transferred to the Regents of the University of California pursuant to Section 1462.3 may not be utilized to purchase land or to construct any...
  • Section 1463.9.
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1463, 50 percent of all fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction, or upon forfeiture of bail, for violations of Section...
  • Section 1463.10.a.
    Notwithstanding Section 1463, fines and forfeitures which are collected for a conviction of a violation of Section 11366.7 of the Health and Safety Code and...
  • Section 1463.11.
    Notwithstanding Sections 1463 and 1464 of this code and Section 76000 of the Government Code, moneys that are collected for a violation of subdivision (a)...
  • Section 1463.12.
    Notwithstanding Sections 1463 and 1464 of this code and Section 76000 of the Government Code, moneys that are collected for a violation of subdivision (c)...
  • Section 1463.13.
    (a) Each county may develop, implement, operate, and administer an alcohol and drug problem assessment program for persons convicted of a crime in which the court...
  • Section 1463.14.
    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1463, of the moneys deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section 1463, fifty dollars ($50) of each fine collected...
  • Section 1463.15.
    Notwithstanding Section 1463, if a county board of supervisors establishes a combined vehicle inspection and sobriety checkpoint program under Section 2814.1 of the Vehicle Code,...
  • Section 1463.16.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 1203.1 or 1463, fifty dollars ($50) of each fine collected for each conviction of a violation of Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or...
  • Section 1463.17.
    (a) In a county of the 19th class, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, of the moneys deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section...
  • Section 1463.18.
    (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1463, moneys which are collected for a conviction of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 of the Vehicle Code...
  • Section 1463.20.
    Notwithstanding any other law, fifty dollars ($50) of every parking penalty received by a local entity pursuant to Section 42001.5 of the Vehicle Code may...
  • Section 1463.22.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 1463, of the moneys deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section 1463, seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50) for each conviction of...
  • Section 1463.25.
    Notwithstanding Section 1203.1 or 1463, and in addition to any allocation under Section 1463.16, the moneys from alcohol abuse education and prevention penalty assessments collected...
  • Section 1463.26.
    Notwithstanding Section 1463, out of moneys deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section 1463, there shall be transferred, once a month, to the traffic...
  • Section 1463.27.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other fine or penalty assessment, the board of supervisors of a county may, by resolution,...
  • Section 1463.28.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each option county, as defined by Section 77004 of the Government Code, which has adopted the resolution specified...
  • Section 1464.
    (a) (1) Subject to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 76000) of Title 8 of the Government Code, and except as otherwise provided in this section, there shall...
  • Section 1464.05.
    Wherever the word “assessment” appears in any reference to Section 1464 in any law or regulation with regard to a fine, penalty, or bail forfeiture,...
  • Section 1464.8.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an allocation and distribution of any fine, forfeiture, penalty, fee, or assessment collected in any criminal case is...
  • Section 1465.5.
    An assessment of two dollars ($2) for every ten dollars ($10) or fraction thereof, for every fine, forfeiture, or parking penalty imposed and collected pursuant...
  • Section 1465.6.
    (a) In addition to an assessment levied pursuant to Section 1465.5 of this code, or any other law, an additional assessment equal to 10 percent of...
  • Section 1465.7.
    (a) A state surcharge of 20 percent shall be levied on the base fine used to calculate the state penalty assessment as specified in subdivision (a)...
  • Section 1465.8.
    (a) (1) To assist in funding court operations, an assessment of forty dollars ($40) shall be imposed on every conviction for a criminal offense, including a traffic...

Last modified: October 22, 2018