California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 6 - Division of Juvenile Justice
Chapter 8 - Safety and Security
Article 5 - Searches
Section 30958 - Visit Searches

Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 30958

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Employees, guests and volunteers who come on to the grounds of an institution or camp or enter the facility for the purposes of visiting a ward may be searched for contraband as a condition of entrance or visitation to the facility.

(a) A search may be conducted when there is reasonable cause to believe the behavior or action of a visitor may post a threat or danger to the security of the facility.

(b) A notice, printed in both English and Spanish, which informs all visitors they are subject to search shall be posted in a conspicuous place at both entrance and departure points to the facility. (See Section 30945.)

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering title 15, section 4697 to title 9, section 30958 filed 2-13-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2020, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1712, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 1001, 1002, 1004 and 1752, Welfare and Institutions Code.

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