1. Either the Clerk, or the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County, shall, by resolution of the Council, be appointed and directed to assume the duties and responsibilities connected with the collection of all fines for violations of Chapter 4 “Parking Regulations” of this Title, which are charged pursuant to a simple notice of fine under Subsection 6-1-8(4) of this chapter and are admitted and collected pursuant to this section and for the administration and processing of those violations which are so charged, whether or not they are admitted and collected.
2. The Clerk shall provide to the Police Department sets of triplicate simple notices of fines for issuance pursuant to this chapter, each identified by separate serial numbers on each copy of each notice.
3. Any person notified or summoned by a simple notice of fine provided for in this chapter who desires to enter a plea of guilty to any charge of violating the parking regulations of this title as stated on the notice, may pay the penalty provided on the notice to the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County or the City Clerk, as the Council has appointed and directed by resolution, prior to the designated date of payment at any of the locations provided for such payment.
4. In the event that any person notified or summoned by a simple notice of fine wishes to admit the violation and pay the penalty provided on the notice on or before the date designated for such payment pursuant to such notice, the Clerk or the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County, as the Council has appointed and directed by resolution, is hereby authorized and directed to receive the amount of such fine on behalf of the City.
5. The Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County or the Clerk, as the Council has appointed and directed by resolution, shall retain the copy of the notice until collection of the fine for an admitted violation. In the event that such fine is not paid prior to or on the date designated in the notice, the Clerk or the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County shall deliver the notice to the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County and such violation shall be filed with the court for purposes of the defendant’s appearance and trial, and such violation shall be prosecuted as any other traffic violation.
6. If any person notified by a simple notice of fine, as provided in this chapter, has not paid the fine prior to or on the date designated in the notice, but has executed authority for the entry of a plea of guilty or has been found guilty of the violation, the Clerk of the District Court in and for Polk County or Dallas County is hereby authorized and directed to receive the amount of the fine of the City as established by the court.
7. The Clerk of the District Court is authorized to destroy any simple notice of fine based upon violations of Chapter 4 of this title at any time after the same shall have been on file in the Clerk’s office for a period of more than three years.
(Code of Iowa, Secs. 805.3 and 321.236)