6-1-3 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

   Provisions of this traffic code and State law relating to motor vehicles and law of the road are enforced by the Police Chief.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])

6-1-4 POWER TO DIRECT TRAFFIC.

   A police officer, and, in the absence of a police officer, any officer of the Fire Department when at the scene of a fire, is authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with traffic laws. In the event of an emergency, traffic may be directed as conditions require, notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.

(Code of Iowa, Secs. 102.4 and 321.236[2])

6-1-5 REPORTS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

   The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident within the limits of the City shall file a report as and when required by the Iowa Department of Transportation. A copy of this report shall be filed with the City for the confidential use of police officers and shall be subject to the provisions of section 321.271 of the Code of Iowa.

(Code of Iowa, Secs. 321.273 and 321.274)

6-1-6 POLICE OFFICER’S AUTHORITY.

   A police officer is authorized to stop a vehicle to require exhibition of the driver’s license of the driver, to serve a summons or memorandum of traffic violation, to inspect the condition of the vehicle, to inspect the vehicle with reference to size, weight, cargo, log book, bills of lading, or other manifest of employment, tires and safety equipment, or to inspect the registration certificate, the compensation certificate, travel order, or permit of such vehicle. A police officer having probable cause to stop a vehicle may require exhibition of the proof of financial liability coverage card issued for the vehicle.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.492)

6-1-7 OBEDIENCE TO POLICE OFFICERS. No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.229)

6-1-8 ARREST OR CITATION.

   Whenever a police officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated any provision of the traffic code, such officer may:

   1.   Immediate Arrest. Immediately arrest such person and take such person before a local magistrate; or

   2.   Issue Citation. Without arresting the person, prepare in quintuplicate a uniform traffic citation and complaint as adopted by the State Commissioner of Public Safety and deliver the original and a copy to the court where the defendant is to appear, two copies to the defendant and retain the fifth copy for the records of the City; or

(Code of Iowa, Secs. 805.6 and 321.485)

   3.   Notice to Appear; Promise to Appear. Proceed as provided in Section 6-1-13 of this chapter; or

   4.   Simple Notice of Fine. In the case of violations of Chapter 4 “Parking Regulations,” of this title, without arresting the person, prepare in triplicate a simple notice of fine as provided herein. Deliver one copy thereof to the person so charged, or attach it to the vehicle parked in violation of such chapter as provided in Section 6-1-9 of this chapter, as a notice of violation and promise to appear; the original shall be sworn to by the police officer as a complaint and filed in the office of either the Clerk or the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County as the Council has by resolution, appointed and directed pursuant to Section 6-1-11 of this chapter; and another copy shall be delivered to and retained by the Police Department for the records of the City.

(Code of Iowa, Secs. 805.6, 805.8, 321.236, and 321.485)

6-1-9 PARKING VIOLATIONS; VEHICLE UNATTENDED.

   When a vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of the traffic code, and the driver is not present, the simple notice of fine or citation as herein provided shall be attached to the vehicle in a conspicuous place.

6-1-10 PRESUMPTION IN REFERENCE TO ILLEGAL PARKING.

   In any proceeding charging a standing or parking violation, a prima facie presumption that the registered owner was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred, shall be raised by proof that:

   1.   Described Vehicle. The particular vehicle described in the information was parked in violation of the traffic code; and

   2.   Registered Owner. The defendant named in the information was the registered owner at the time in question.