Section 35-15-1 – Proceedings to enforce ordinances; plaintiff; appeals.
A. All actions to enforce any ordinance of any municipality shall be brought in the name of the municipality as plaintiff. No prosecution, conviction or acquittal for the violation of an ordinance is a defense to any other prosecution of the same party for any other violation of an ordinance, although different causes of action […]
Section 35-15-2 – Pleading existence of ordinance provisions violated.
In all actions brought to enforce any ordinance, it shall be sufficient to state in the complaint or affidavit the number of the section and title of the ordinance violated without stating said section or ordinance in full or the substance thereof. History: Laws 1884, ch. 39, § 104; C.L. 1884, § 1712; C.L. 1897, […]
Section 35-15-3 – Procedure; commitment.
A. In any action for the violation of any ordinance in which an arrest has not been made, a warrant for the arrest of the defendant may issue in the first instance upon the affidavit of any person making a complaint that he has reasonable grounds to believe the party charged is guilty. Any person […]
Section 35-15-4 – Service of process.
A. In the county in which the municipality whose ordinances are alleged to have been violated is located, a law enforcement officer with jurisdiction in that county may serve any municipal court process or make any arrests authorized by law to be made. B. In counties adjacent to the county in which the municipality whose […]