California Penal Code CHAPTER 3 - Complaints Before Magistrates

• Section 806.
  A proceeding for the examination before a magistrate of a person on a charge of a felony must be commenced by written complaint under oath...
• Section 807.
  A magistrate is an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 808.
  The following persons are magistrates:(a) The judges of the Supreme Court.(b) The judges of the courts of appeal.(c) The judges of the superior courts.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch....
• Section 809.
  The night-time commissioner of the Santa Clara County Superior Court shall be considered a magistrate for the purpose of conducting prompt probable cause hearings for...
• Section 810.
  (a) The presiding judge of the superior court in a county shall, as often as is necessary, designate on a schedule not less than one judge...

Last modified: October 22, 2018