12-4208

Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Article 42.--CODE FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS; PROSECUTION AND ARREST

      12-4208.   Warrant; contents; form.A warrant shall contain the name of the accused person, or if unknown,any name or description by which the accused person may be identified withreasonable certainty, shall describe the nature of the violation of anordinance of the city, shall command that the accused person be arrested,shall be signed by the judge of the municipal court, and shall state theamount of the appearance bond to be required. A warrant shall be deemedsufficient if substantially in the following form, to wit:

IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT

OF __________, KANSAS

The City of __________, Kansas

vs.

______________, Accused Person

______________

      (Address)

WARRANT

The City of __________, Kansas to the Chief of Police of __________,Kansas, or any duly authorized law enforcement officer of the state ofKansas:

Whereas, a sworn complaint in writing has been made to me and it appearingthat there is probable cause to believe that on or about the ____ day of__________, 19__ within the corporate limits of the above City, theabove-named accused person did unlawfully:







In violation of Section __ of Ordinance No. __ of said City:

Therefore you are commanded to forthwith arrest the above-named accusedperson and bring said accused person before this Court to be dealt withaccording to law.

Given under my hand this ____ day of __________, 19__.

______________

      Municipal Judge

__________, Kansas

      The amount of the appearance bond is hereby set to be $__________ forthe appearance of the accused person before the Municipal Court of__________, Kansas, on the ____ day of __________, 19__, at ____ o'clock_.m.

______________Municipal Judge

RETURN

I hereby certify that I have executed the within warrant by arresting thenamed accused person (and taking a bond in the sum of $__________ assecurity for appearance before the Municipal Court of __________, Kansas.)

This is to certify that I have made a diligent search for the within-namedaccused person but have been unable to find same.

City: ______________

Date: ______________

______________Signature______________Title

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4208; April 1, 1974.