Except as otherwise provided by law, all misdemeanors and infractions must be prosecuted by written complaint under oath subscribed by the complainant. Such complaint may be verified on information and belief.
Cal. Penal Code § 740
MODE OF PROSECUTION
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 157 Cal. App. 4th 728 - Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto (2008)
Most recently applied in Naidu v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty. (February 2018)
Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 357
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.