(A) Every traffic-enforcement officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this state or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town shall deposit the original or a copy of such traffic citation with the Municipal Court of the city.
(B) Upon the deposit of the original or a copy of such traffic citation with the Municipal Court of the city as aforesaid, said original or copy of such traffic citation may be disposed of only by trial in said Court or other official action by a Judge of said Court, including forfeiture of the bail by the person to whom such traffic citation has been issued by the traffic-enforcement officer.
(C) It shall be unlawful and official misconduct for any traffic-enforcement officer or other officer or public employee to dispose of a traffic citation or copies thereof or of the record of the issuance of the same in a manner other than as required herein.
(D) The chief administrative officer of every traffic-enforcement agency shall require the return to him or her of a copy of every traffic citation issued by an officer under his or her supervision to an alleged violator of any traffic law or ordinance and of all copies of every traffic citation which has been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator.
(E) Such chief administrative officer shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every traffic citation issued by an officer under his or her supervision a record of the disposition of the charge by the court in which the original or copy of the traffic citation was deposited.
(1991 Code, § 19-149)