(A) (1) Whenever any person shall be charged with a violation of any provision of this title, the officer making the charge shall, take the name and address of the person and the license number of the motor vehicle the person shall have been driving if any license is assigned. The officer shall then issue a summons or otherwise notify the person in writing to appear at a specific time and place to answer the charge.
(2) The time specified shall be at least five days after service of the summons or notice, unless the person shall demand an earlier hearing.
(3) Upon the demand, the person shall have a right to a hearing within 24 hours at a convenient hour before the court having jurisdiction over the matter, whenever any person shall be charged with a violation of any provision of this title and is issued a summons, as herein provided, which summons meets the requirements prescribed by the Supreme Court and is sworn to as required by the laws of the state, then the summons when filed with a court having jurisdiction, shall be deemed a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution.
(Prior Code, § 5-203)
(B) (1) The City Clerk may provide, in appropriate form, traffic summons containing notices to appear which shall be issued in books with summons in triplicate.
(2) The City Clerk shall be responsible for the issuance of the books, shall maintain a record of every book and each summons number therein issued to the city police shall require and retain a receipt for every book so issued.
(Prior Code, § 5-204)