12-4306. Traffic violations; failure to appear, service of warrant and collection of bond.
12-4306
12-4306. Traffic violations; failure to appear, service of warrant and
collection of bond.
(a) If a person who is a resident of this state is charged with a violation
of a traffic ordinance of a city in this state and such person fails to
appear after service of notice to appear, any law enforcement officer of
any county or city of the state may serve the bench warrant issued for the
person and may collect from the person a cash appearance bond in the amount
stated in the warrant upon request of the law enforcement agency of the
city in which the warrant was issued. In the event the violator waives actual
in hand service of the bench warrant and the officer has verified by telecommunication
that the bench warrant is in the actual possession of the law enforcement
authorities of the jurisdiction issuing the same, the officer making the
arrest may collect the appearance bond without actual in hand service of
the bench warrant.
(b) Any appearance bond collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded
forthwith to the clerk of the municipal court of the city in which the alleged
violation was committed.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Highway," "street," "traffic" and "vehicle" have the meanings provided
by article 14 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
(2) "Traffic ordinance" means any ordinance relating to the regulation
of traffic on streets and highways or the operation of vehicles.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas code
of procedure for municipal courts.
History: L. 1981, ch. 150, § 1; July 1.