A. 
In any case in which a person is arrested for an offense declared by this code to be a misdemeanor and does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, such person may, instead of being taken before a magistrate, be released according to the written notice to appear procedures set forth in the Penal Code of the state.
B. 
In any case in which a person is arrested for an offense declared by this code to be an infraction, the person shall be released according to the written notice to appear procedures set forth in the Penal Code of the state for the release of persons arrested for an offense declared to be a misdemeanor, provided, however, if the arrestee refuses to present his driver's license or other satisfactory evidence of his identity for examination and to sign a written promise to appear the arrestee may be taken into custody.
(Ord. NS 1067 §1, 1982)
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.
(Prior code §1-25)
A. 
When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within twenty days after his failure to appear as promised, or if such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a magistrate and fails to do so on or before the date which he promises to appear, then within twenty days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.
B. 
When such person violates his promise to appear before an officer authorized to receive bail other than a magistrate, the officer shall immediately deliver to the magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense charged, the written promise to appear and the complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer.
(Prior code §1-26)
Pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code Section 836.5, the sheriff of Stanislaus County, the health officer, the public works director, the director of parks and recreation, the director of planning and community development, the director of environmental resources, and the chief building official and subordinates delegated by them, are authorized to issue a notice to appear, pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code Sections 853.5 and 853.6, whenever such employee has reasonable cause to believe that such person has committed a misdemeanor or infraction in his or her presence which is a violation of any statute, ordinance, or regulation which he or she has the duty to enforce, and are authorized to arrest a person without a warrant whenever such employee has reasonable cause to believe that such person has committed a misdemeanor in his or her presence.
(Prior code §1-27; Ord. CS 194 §1, 1986; Ord. CS 512 §6, 1993; Ord. CS 705 §2, 1999; Ord. CS 805 §1, 2002)