Cal. PEN § 1358
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 1358, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
If the commission and return be delivered by the Commissioner to an agent, he must deliver the same to the Clerk to whom it is directed, or to the Judge of the Court in which the action is pending, by whom it may be received and opened, upon the agent making affidavit that he received it from the hands of the Commissioner, and that it has not been opened or altered since he received it.
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