70.01 Arrest or Citation 70.04 Parking Violations: Vehicle Unattended 70.02 Scheduled Violations 70.05 Presumption in Reference to Illegal Parking 70.03 Parking Violations: Alternate 70.06 Impounding Vehicles 70.01 ARREST OR CITATION.

Whenever a peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated any provision of the Traffic Code, such officer may:

1.   Immediate Arrest. Immediately arrest such person and take such person before a local magistrate, or

2.   Issue Citation. Without arresting the person, prepare a combined traffic citation and complaint as adopted by the Iowa Commissioner of Public Safety.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 805.6, 321.485)