It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Police Department to cause to be issued and served upon the parent or guardian of any minor arrested pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this chapter, a written notice requiring the parent or guardian to appear before the Justice Court of Tulare Judicial District at a time and place to be specified in the notice, but not less than five days after the service of the notice, to show cause, if any, why the parent or guardian should not be charged with assisting, abetting or encouraging the minor with a violation of this chapter, or the provisions of Cal. Welfare and Institutions § 702. Any person failing to appear before the court in response to this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge on which he or she may have been cited to appear, and shall be punished accordingly. Any notice to be served upon the parent or guardian pursuant to this chapter may be served personally on the person, or the same may be deposited in the United States Post Office at Tulare, California, addressed to the parent or guardian at the place of residence and with the proper amount of postage prepaid thereon, or the same may be left at the place of residence of the parent or guardian. If the notice is delivered personally to the parent or guardian, the same shall be deemed complete upon the delivery thereof, but if the same is served by mail or left at the residence of the parent or guardian, the service shall be complete after five days after the date of mailing the same or leaving the same at the place of residence of the parent or guardian.
(1995 Code, § 6.28.030)