Section 810 Of Chapter 3. Complaints Before Magistrates From California Penal Code >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) The presiding judge of the superior court in a county
shall, as often as is necessary, designate on a schedule not less
than one judge of the court to be reasonably available on call as a
magistrate for the setting of orders for discharge from actual
custody upon bail, the issuance of search warrants, and for such
other matters as may by the magistrate be deemed appropriate, at all
times when a court is not in session in the county.
(b) The officer in charge of a jail, or a person the officer
designates, in which an arrested person is held in custody shall
assist the arrested person or the arrested person's attorney in
contacting the magistrate on call as soon as possible for the purpose
of obtaining release on bail.
(c) Any telephone call made pursuant to this section by an
arrested person while in custody or by such person's attorney shall
not count or be considered as a telephone call for purposes of
Section 851.5 of the Penal Code.