California Vehicle Code

§ 40305.5

VEH § 40305.5 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 17 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)If a nonresident is arrested for violating this code while driving a commercially registered motor vehicle, excluding house cars, with an unladen weight of 7,000 pounds or more, and does not furnish satisfactory evidence of identity and an address within this state at which he or she can be located, the arresting officer may, in lieu of the procedures set forth in Section 40305, accept a guaranteed traffic arrest bail bond certificate, and the nonresident shall be released from custody upon giving a written promise to appear as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 40500). The officer may require the arrested person, if he or she has no satisfactory identification, to place a right thumbprint, or a left thumbprint or fingerprint if the person has a missing or disfigured right thumb, on the notice to appear as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 45000). Except for law enforcement purposes relating to the identity of the arrestee, a person or entity shall not sell, give away, allow the distribution of, include in a database, or create a database with, this print.

(b)Every guaranteed traffic arrest bail bond certificate shall contain all of the following information:

(1)The name and address of the surety and of the issuer, if other than the surety.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 310. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.