(A) Any person who is a resident of the state and is detained by enforcement officer for the purpose of issuing and serving a citation for violation of an enforcement provision, and who provides the enforcement officer with a satisfactory identification, shall, thereupon, be released for such detention without other bond or security for appearance.
(B) If the person is a non-resident of the state, or is a resident of the state, but refuses to sign a notice to appear in court, and the offense charged is of a kind other than a moving traffic offense required to be reported to the state’s Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the enforcement officer shall before releasing the person accompany the person to the office of the town’s Clerk-Treasurer, where the person shall be released upon either depositing with the Clerk-Treasurer a security as guarantee for appearance, said security being a deposit of cash, traveler’s checks or other valuable securities or property acceptable to the Clerk-Treasurer and at least equal in value to the amount of fine requested in the complaint exclusive of costs which could be imposed by the court were the person to appear and be convicted, for which security the Clerk-Treasurer shall provide the person with a proper receipt However, if the office of the Clerk-Treasurer is not open for business at the time the citation is served, the enforcement officer, in lieu of the above procedure, shall accompany the person to the nearest United States Postal Service receptacle and shall supply the person with a stamped envelope addressed to the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, and shall ascertain that the person deposits therein and mails either a security for appearance and a signed security deposit agreement, or his or her copy of the citation and an amount of payment necessary to comprise and settle the complaint in accordance with this chapter, and the enforcement officer shall, thereupon, release the person from any further detention.
(Prior Code, § 1-3-5)