§291C-164  Procedure upon arrest. 
Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a person
arrested 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 state
traffic laws shall take the name, address, and driver's license number of the
alleged violator and the registered license number of the motor vehicle
involved and shall issue to the driver in writing a summons or citation,
hereinafter described, notifying the driver to answer to the complaint to be
entered against the driver at a place and at a time provided in the summons or
citation. [L 1978, c 111, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 105, §30; gen ch 1985]