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§ 7-63-204. Failure of Offender to Appear for Trial

Failure of the offender to appear for trial after signing of the ordinance summons agreement shall cause the court having jurisdiction to issue a warrant against the offender, as provided for in § 7-63-105.

§ 7-63-108. Application to Certain Counties

This chapter shall also apply to counties with populations of less than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, that have adopted a charter form of government pursuant to title 5, chapter 1, part 2.

§ 7-63-203. Refusal to Sign Agreement to Appear in Court — Arrest

In the event the offender refuses to sign the ordinance summons agreement to appear in court, the municipal enforcement officer in whose presence the violation is committed may have a summons issued by the clerk of the municipal, metropolitan, or city court, or the municipal enforcement officer may seek the assistance of a police or […]

§ 7-63-101. Municipal Violations — Citation or Complaint in Lieu of Arrest

When any person violates any traffic, or other ordinance, law or regulation of any municipal, metropolitan or city government in the presence of a: Law enforcement officer of such government; Member of the fire department or building department who is designated as a special police officer of the municipality; or Transit inspector employed by a […]

§ 7-63-102. Agreement by Offender to Appear

In order to prevent the offender’s arrest and the issuance of the warrant against the offender, the offender must sign an agreement to appear at the time and place indicated, and to waive the issuance and service of a warrant upon the offender.

§ 7-63-103. Duty of Court — Treatment of Citation or Warrant

When the offender has signed the agreement and waiver provided for in § 7-63-102, it is the duty of the court having jurisdiction to try the case, to try the same upon the citation or complaint, without the issuance or service of a warrant upon the defendant, and the citation or complaint shall in all […]

§ 7-63-104. Arrest When Offender Refuses to Sign Agreement to Appear

In the event the offender refuses to sign the agreement to appear in court and to waive the issuance and service upon the offender of a warrant, then it shall be the duty of the officer, in whose presence the offense is committed, forthwith to place the offender under arrest and take the offender before […]