California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 15 - Wards—Temporary Custody and Detention

• Section 625.
  A peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a minor:(a) Who is under the age of 18 years when such officer has reasonable...
• Section 625.1.
  Any minor who is taken into temporary custody pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 625, when the peace officer has reasonable cause for believing the...
• Section 625.2.
  (a) Before administering the chemical test pursuant to Section 625.1, the peace officer shall give the following admonition: “I am asking you to take a voluntary...
• Section 625.3.
  Notwithstanding Section 625, a minor who is 14 years of age or older and who is taken into custody by a peace officer for the...
• Section 625.5.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to accomplish the following purposes:(1) To safeguard the fiscal integrity of cities and counties by...
• Section 625.6.
  (a) Prior to a custodial interrogation, and before the waiver of any Miranda rights, a youth 15 years of age or younger shall consult with legal...
• Section 626.
  An officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 625 may do any of the following:(a) Release the minor.(b) Deliver or refer...
• Section 626.5.
  If an officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 625 determines that the minor should be brought to the...
• Section 626.6.
  Notwithstanding Section 626.5, any peace officer who takes a minor who is 14 years of age or older into temporary custody under Section 625.3 shall...
• Section 626.8.
  (a) Subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (e) and subdivision (g) of Section 859.5 of the Penal Code shall apply to...
• Section 627.
  (a) When an officer takes a minor before a probation officer at a juvenile hall or to any other place of confinement pursuant to this article,...
• Section 627.5.
  In any case where a minor is taken before a probation officer pursuant to the provisions of Section 626 and it is alleged that such...
• Section 628.
  (a) (1) Upon delivery to the probation officer of a minor who has been taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article, the probation officer...
• Section 628.1.
  If the minor meets one or more of the criteria for detention under Section 628, but the probation officer believes that 24-hour secure detention is...
• Section 629.
  (a) As a condition for the release of a minor pursuant to Section 628.1 and subject to Sections 631 and 632, the probation officer shall require...
• Section 629.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 628 or 628.1, whenever a minor who is 14 years of age or older is delivered to the custody of the probation officer...
• Section 630.
  (a) If the probation officer determines that the minor shall be retained in custody, he or she shall immediately proceed in accordance with Article 16 (commencing...
• Section 630.1.
  Upon reasonable notification by counsel representing the minor, his parents or guardian, the clerk of the court shall notify such counsel of the hearings in...
• Section 631.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a minor is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, except when the minor willfully...
• Section 631.1.
  When a minor willfully misrepresents himself to be 18 or more years of age when taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer,...
• Section 632.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), unless sooner released, a minor taken into custody under the provisions of this article shall, as soon as possible...
• Section 633.
  Upon his appearance before the court at the detention hearing, such minor and his parent or guardian, if present, shall first be informed of the...
• Section 634.
  When it appears to the court that the minor or his or her parent or guardian desires counsel but is unable to afford and cannot...
• Section 634.3.
  (a) Counsel appointed pursuant to Section 634 to represent youth in proceedings under Sections 601 and 602 shall do all of the following:(1) Provide effective, competent, diligent,...
• Section 634.6.
  Any counsel upon entering an appearance on behalf of a minor shall continue to represent that minor unless relieved by the court upon the substitution...
• Section 635.
  (a) The court will examine the minor, his or her parent, legal guardian, or other person having relevant knowledge, hear relevant evidence the minor, his or...
• Section 635.1.
  When the court finds a minor to be a person described by Section 602 and believes the minor may need specialized mental health treatment while...
• Section 636.
  (a) If it appears upon the hearing that the minor has violated an order of the juvenile court or has escaped from a commitment of the...
• Section 636.1.
  (a) When a minor is detained pursuant to Section 636 following a finding by the court that continuance in the home is contrary to the minor’s...
• Section 636.2.
  The probation officer may operate and maintain nonsecure detention facilities, or may contract with public or private agencies offering such services, for those minors who...
• Section 637.
  When a hearing is held under the provisions of this article and no parent or guardian of such minor is present and no parent or...
• Section 638.
  Upon motion of the minor or a parent or guardian of such minor, the court shall continue any hearing or rehearing held under the provisions...
• Section 639.
  Upon any hearing or rehearing under the provisions of this article, the court may order such minor or any parent or guardian of such minor...
• Section 641.
  Whenever any minor is taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article in any county other than the county in which the minor...

Last modified: October 22, 2018