Whenever any person is arrested for the violation of this code
or of any ordinance of the city and such person is not immediately
taken before a magistrate as prescribed by law, the arresting officer
shall prepare in triplicate a written notice, hereinafter called "citation,"
to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person,
the offense charged, and the time and place where and when such person
shall appear in court.
(Prior code § 1-8)
The officer shall deliver one copy of the citation to the arrested
person. The arrested person in order to secure his or her release
must give his or her written promise to appear in court, or before
a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail, by signing two copies
of the citation, which copies shall be retained by the officer. Thereupon
the arresting officer shall forthwith release the person arrested
from custody.
(Prior code § 1-9)
Any person wilfully violating his or her written promise to
appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit
of bail is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of
the charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.
(Prior code § 1-10)
When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time
and place specified in the citation and has not posted bail as provided
by law, a warrant for his or her arrest shall be issued and delivered
for execution within twenty days after his or her failure to appear
as promised. When a person promises to appear before an officer authorized
to accept bail, other than the magistrate, and fails to do so on or
before the date which he or she promised to appear, then a warrant
shall be issued and delivered for execution within twenty days after
the delivery of the citation to the magistrate having jurisdiction
over the offense.
(Prior code § 1-11)
