§ 22-452. Procedure upon arrest.  


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  • Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a person arrested for a violation of any traffic law before a magistrate, any police officer, upon making an arrest for violation of the traffic ordinances of this municipality, shall take the name, address and operator's license number of the alleged violator and license plate number of the motor vehicle involved, and shall issue to such violator, in writing and on a form provided by the municipality, a notice to answer to the charge at a place and at a time at least 48 hours after such arrest. The officer, upon receiving the written promise of the alleged violator to answer as specified in the notice, shall release such person from custody.

(Code 1981, § 10.26.010)