1-13-18: DEFENDANT PRESENCE AT TRIAL; FAILURE TO APPEAR:
   A.   Presence Mandatory: The defendant must be present in person at the trial of his case in the municipal court.
   B.   Failure To Appear:
      1.   If, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear according to the terms or conditions of his bond, either for hearing, arraignment, trial or judgment, or upon any other occasion when his presence in court or before the magistrate may be lawfully required, the municipal judge may direct that fact to be entered upon the court minutes, thereby declaring the bond to be forfeited.
      2.   Without advancing court costs, said judge shall then cause the forfeiture to be certified to the district court of the county wherein the situs of government is situated, where it shall be entered upon the judgment docket and shall have the full force and effect of a district court judgment. At such time as the forfeiture is entered upon the district court judgment docket, the district court clerk shall proceed in accordance with the applicable provisions of state statutes. (1985 Code § 11-22)