§ 70.50. NOTICE OF VIOLATION.  


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  • (A) The County Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this title. Whenever a member of the County Police Department or other person charged with the enforcement of this title finds that any section or sections are being or have been violated by the owner or operator of any vehicle, he or she shall notify the owner or operator of the vehicle, in writing on a form to be provided by the county, of the violation.
    (B) The notice shall:
    (1) Be made in duplicate;
    (2) Be serially numbered;
    (3) Show the specific violation charged;
    (4) Show the registration or state license number of the vehicle involved;
    (5) Show the violator’s name, address and operator’s license number, if possible, to obtain the same; and
    (6) State any other information which the officer may then and there discover.
    (C) One copy of the notice shall be presented to the violator, owner or operator of the vehicle. In case the violator, operator or owner shall not be in possession of, present or in charge of the vehicle, the posting of the notice or the attachment thereof to a conspicuous place on the vehicle shall be deemed a sufficient notice of the violation. The notice shall require the notified person to appear within 48 hours, at the hour specified in the notice at the Traffic Court Violations Bureau of the County Superior Court. The officer or person serving the notice shall file the duplicate copy in the office of the County Police Department.
    (1981 Code, § 22.16.010) (Ord. 1, passed - -1972; Ord. 132-78, passed - -1978)