For the purpose of this subchapter, a forfeiture of cash bail or cash collateral deposited to secure a defendant’s or defendants’ appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated, shall be equivalent to a plea of nolo contendere and treated as a conviction in the direction of the court, and the cash, so forfeited, may be applied to any fine and costs assessed by the court.
(Prior Code, § 173.17) (Ord. passed 9-14-1964)