(A) Town Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the justice’s court of all misdemeanors punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by both fine and imprisonment.
(B) (1) Applications for search warrants and complaints charging the commission of a felony may be filed in the Town Court.
(2) When they are filed, the Town Judge has the same jurisdiction and responsibility as a justice of the peace, including the holding of a preliminary hearing.
(3) The Town Attorney may file an application for a search warrant or a complaint charging the commission of a felony when the offense was committed within the town limits.
(4) The County Attorney, however, must handle any action after a defendant is bound over to District Court.
(Prior Code, § 2.18.020)