Chapter 7 – Adult Case Records Information

73010.6.2 Term Start

• The date the controlling term starts is as follows:

  • The term start date shall be the same as the date received by the Department on the controlling commitment.

  • If an additional commitment is received by mail and the date of sentence is prior to the original received date, the original received date shall be the term start date.

  • If a concurrent commitment which becomes the controlling case is received by mail where the inmate is sentenced in absentia, the date the commitment was received shall be the term start date and postsentence credit shall be calculated and applied to the term.

  • If an additional commitment which becomes the controlling case is received, where the inmate has gone out to court for sentencing, the term start date is the date the inmate returns to the Department from the prosecuting jurisdiction.

  • If an additional commitment is pursuant to a probation revocation, the original received date shall be the term start date.

• Federal or Out-of-State Prisoner

  • If a federal or out-of-state prisoner goes out to court and receives a California Controlling Commitment term, the term start date is the date the prisoner is received in the other jurisdiction after sentencing on the California case.

  • If a federal out-of-state prisoner is sentenced in absentia to a California Controlling Commitment term, the term start date is the date sentenced.

  • If a federal or out-of-state prisoner receives a California Controlling Commitment term pursuant to a probation revocation, the original received date in the other jurisdiction shall be the term start date.