§291C-164  Procedure upon arrest. Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a personarrested for a violation of any of the traffic laws before a district judge,any authorized police officer, upon making an arrest for violation of the statetraffic laws shall take the name, address, and driver's license number of thealleged violator and the registered license number of the motor vehicleinvolved and shall issue to the driver in writing a summons or citation,hereinafter described, notifying the driver to answer to the complaint to beentered against the driver at a place and at a time provided in the summons orcitation. [L 1978, c 111, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 105, §30; gen ch 1985]