(A) Any action or summons brought in the Municipal Court to recover any fine or enforce any penalty or forfeiture under any town ordinance or the town code shall be filed in the corporate name of the town by and on behalf of the people of the state.
(B) Any process issued from the Municipal Court runs in the corporate name of the town by and on behalf of the people of the state. Processes from the Municipal Court shall be executed by any authorized law enforcement officer from the town.
(C) Any authorized law enforcement officer may execute within his or her jurisdiction any summons, process, writ or warrant issued by the Municipal Court. For the purposes of this section, traffic offenses shall not be considered criminal or quasi-criminal offenses.
(D) The Clerk of the Municipal Court shall issue a subpoena for the appearance of any witness in Municipal Court upon the request of either the town or the defendant. The subpoena may be served upon any person within the jurisdiction of the Court in the manner prescribed by the rules of procedure applicable to municipal courts. Any person subpoenaed to appear as a witness in Municipal Court shall be paid a witness fee in the amount of $5.
(E) Upon the request of the Municipal Court, the town or the defendant, the Clerk of the Municipal Court shall issue a subpoena for the appearance, at any and all stages of the Court’s proceedings, of the parent, guardian or lawful custodian of any child under 18 years of age who is charged with a municipal offense.
(Prior Code, § 141.6) (Ord. 375, passed 3-3-1994; Ord. 577, passed 11-6-2014)