A. A registered owner shall be released from liability for a citation if the registered owner files with the processing agency an affidavit of nonliability in a form satisfactory to the processing agency and such form is returned within thirty (30) days after the mailing of the notice of a delinquent violation together with proof of a written lease or rental agreement between a bona fide rental or leasing company and its customer which identifies the renter or lessee and provides the operator’s driver’s license number, name and address.
B. The processing agency shall serve or mail to the renter or lessee identified in the affidavit of nonliability a notice of a delinquent violation. The processing agency shall inform the renter or lessee that he or she must pay the full amount of the fine, or provide notice to the processing agency that he or she intends to contest the citation pursuant to Section 10.20.030, within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the notice of a delinquent violation. If the processing agency does not receive payment of the citation or does not receive notice of intent to contest within fifteen (15) days, the processing agency may proceed against the renter or lessee pursuant to Section 10.20.032.