{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-1552","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 1552","heading":"","body":"If at the hearing before the magistrate, it appears that the accused is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged, the magistrate must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to the county jail for such a time, not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the State having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in section 1552.1, or until he shall be legally discharged.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 12. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE [1473. - 1564.]","CHAPTER 4. Proceedings Against Fugitives From Justice [1547. - 1558.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"0975df4aa7bf24b9b43c601b3c0d1a97886b43e97d5ffb9bde0a87bb8f66ddf7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-1551.3","next":"us-ca/pen-1552.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}