(A) If the arrested person is eligible for release on personal recognizance as provided in § 33.37 of this chapter, the arresting officer shall:
(1) Designate the traffic charge;
(2) Record information from the arrested person’s driver’s license on the citation form, including the name, address, date of birth, personal description, type of driver’s license, driver’s license number, issuing state and expiration date;
(3) Record the motor vehicle make, model and license plate information;
(4) Record the arraignment date and time on the citation; and
(5) Permit the arrested person to sign a written promise to appear as provided in the citation.
(B) The arresting officer shall then release the person upon personal recognizance based upon the signed promise to appear. The citation shall contain a written notice to the arrested person that release upon personal recognizance based upon a signed written promise to appear for arraignment is conditional and that failure to timely appear for arraignment shall result in the suspension of the arrested person’s driver’s license in Oklahoma or in the non-resident’s home state pursuant to the non-resident violator compact.
(C) The Court, or the Court Clerk as directed by the Court, may continue or reschedule the date and time of arraignment upon request of the arrested person or his or her attorney. If the arraignment is continued or rescheduled, the arrested person shall remain on personal recognizance and written promise to appear until such arraignment, in the same manner and with the same consequences as if the continued or rescheduled arraignment was entered on the citation by the arresting officer and signed by the defendant. An arraignment may be continued or rescheduled more than one time; provided, however, the Court shall require an arraignment to be had within a reasonable time. It shall remain the duty of the defendant to appear for arraignment unless the citation is satisfied, as provided in § 33.39(A) of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 1-7-14)