10.50.010 Arrest or citation.
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Whenever a police officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated any provisions of this title such officer may:
(1) Immediate Arrest. Immediately arrest such person and take him or her before a local magistrate; or
(2) Issue Citation. Without arresting the person, prepare in quadruplicate a combined traffic citation and complaint as adopted by the Iowa Commissioner of Public Safety and deliver the original and a copy to the court where the defendant is to appear, a copy to the defendant and retain the fourth copy for the records of the city.
[Code 1975 § 2.1-2.1101.]