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Title 15, Chapter 1
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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 6 : Procedure On Arrest

15-603 : Disposition and records of traffic citations, warrants and complaints.

  1. Each police officer, upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this state or of any provision of this chapter, shall deposit the original and duplicate copy of the citation with his immediate superior officer, who shall cause the original to be delivered to the recorder's court and the duplicate copy to the central records section of the police department. The second duplicate copy of the citation shall be retained in the traffic citation book and shall be delivered by the superior officer to the recorder, together with the citation book when all the traffic citations therein have been used.
  2. Upon the filing of the original citation in the recorder's court, the citation may be disposed of only by trial in the court or by other official action of the court, including forfeiture of bail or by payment of a fine to the traffic violations bureau.
  3. The chief of police shall require the return to him of each traffic citation and all copies thereof, except that copy required to be retained in the book as provided in subsection (1) or which has been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and has not been issued to an alleged violator.
  4. The chief of police shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every traffic citation issued by a member of the police department, a record of the disposition of the charge by the recorder's court or the traffic violations bureau.
  5. The chief of police shall also maintain or cause to be maintained a record of all warrants issued by the recorder or by any other court on the traffic violation charges and which are delivered to the police department for service, and of the final disposition of all such warrants.
  6. It shall be unlawful and official misconduct for any member of the police department or other officer or public employee to dispose of, alter or deface a traffic citation or any copy thereof or the record of the issuance or disposition of any traffic citation, complaint or warrant, in a manner other than as required in this chapter. (1973 Code, § 11-74)