§ 12-96-8. Motorboat traffic citation ticket—Arrest warrants.

A.

An official making an arrest for a violation of this chapter shall be authorized to give a motorboat traffic citation ticket. In the event the form of traffic citation ticket includes information and is sworn to as required under the general laws of the state in respect to a complaint charging the commission of the offense alleged in such motorboat traffic citation ticket to have been committed, then such traffic citation ticket when filed with a court or a branch of a court having jurisdiction, shall be deemed to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution under this chapter.

B.

It is unlawful for any person to violate his or her written promise to appear given to an officer upon the issuance of a motorboat traffic citation ticket regardless of the disposition of the charge for which such motorboat traffic citation ticket was originally issued.

C.

In the event any person fails to comply with a motorboat traffic citation ticket given to such person or attached to a motorboat or fails to make appearance pursuant to a summons directing an appearance in the city court, or if any person fails or refuses to deposit bail as required and within the time permitted by ordinance, the clerk of the city court shall secure and issue a warrant for his or her arrest.

(Code 1967, § 35-48; Code 1985, § 32-53)