Section 976 Of Chapter 1. Of The Arraignment Of The Defendant From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1.
976
. (a) When the accusatory pleading is filed, the defendant shall
be arraigned thereon before the court in which it is filed, unless
the action is transferred to some other court for trial. However,
within any county, if the defendant is in custody, upon the approval
of both the presiding judge of the court in which the accusatory
pleading is filed and the presiding judge of the court nearest to the
place in which he or she is held in custody the arraignment may be
before the court nearest to that place of custody.
(b) A defendant arrested in another county shall have the right to
be taken before a magistrate in the arresting county for the purpose
of being admitted to bail, as provided in Section 821 or 822. The
defendant shall be informed of this right.
(c) Prior to being taken from the place where he or she is in
custody to the place where he or she is to be arraigned, the
defendent shall be allowed to make three completed telephone calls,
at no expense to the defendant, in addition to any other telephone
calls which the defendant is entitled to make pursuant to law.