In all cases involving alleged violations of any provisions of this code or other ordinance of the city not amounting to a breach of the peace, the first process shall be a citation or summons requiring the party charged to appear before the Municipal Court at a time fixed in the citation or summons. Upon the failure of the party charged to appear, a warrant for his or her arrest shall forthwith issue by the Municipal Judge for the offense specified in the citation or summons, commanding that the party charged shall be arrested and proceedings had as in the case when an arrest is made upon a warrant issued upon affidavit.
(1981 Code, § 14-4)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions and authority for above section, see NMSA § 35-15-3B