Cal. PEN § 1312

This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 1312, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.

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Official statutory text

The defendant may be arrested pursuant to the order, upon a certified copy thereof, in any county, in the same manner as upon a warrant of arrest, except that when arrested in another county the order need not be indorsed by a magistrate of that county.

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