A. Citation Procedure: If any person arrested for a violation of any municipal ordinance of the city is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed in the Penal Code, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear in court containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court. If such person signs the citation agreeing to appear in court at the time and place stated, he shall be released from custody. (1975 Code §7-1.01)
B. Penalty For Failure To Appear: Any person wilfully violating his written promise to appear in court at the time and place stated in the citation is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (1975 Code §7-1.02)
C. Arrest Warrant: When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the citation and has not posted bail as provided by section 853.1 of the Penal Code, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within twenty (20) days after his failure to appear as promised, or if such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail, other than a magistrate, and fails to do so on or before the date he has promised to appear, then within twenty (20) days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense. (1975 Code §7-1.03)