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HOWARD COUNTY

AND SHALL ISSUE TO HIM IN WRITING A TRAFFIC CITATION
CONTAINING A NOTICE TO ANSWER TO THE CHARGE AGAINST
HIM IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THIS COUNTY AT A TIME AT
LEAST FIVE DAYS AFTER SUCH ALLEGED VIOLATION TO BE
SPECIFIED IN SAID CITATION.

21.1904 - WHEN COPY OF CITATION SHALL BE DEEMED A

LAWFUL COMPLAINT

IN THE EVENT THE FORM OF CITATION PROVIDED UNDER
SUBSECTION 1902 INCLUDES INFORMATION AND IS SWORN TO
AS REQUIRED UNDER THE GENERAL LAWS OF THIS STATE IN
RESPECT TO A COMPLAINT CHARGING COMMISSION OF THE
OFFENSE ALLEGED IN SAID CITATION TO HAVE BEEN
COMMITTED, THEN SUCH CITATION WHEN FILED WITH A COURT
HAVING JURISDICTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A LAWFUL
COMPLAINT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSECUTION.

21.1905 - FAILURE TO OBEY CITATION

IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO VIOLATE
HIS WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR GIVEN TO AN OFFICER UPON
THE ISSUANCE OF A TRAFFIC CITATION, REGARDLESS OF THE
DISPOSITION OF THE CHARGE FOR WHICH SUCH CITATION WAS
ORIGINALLY ISSUED.

21.1906 - CITATION ON ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE

WHENEVER ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT DRIVER IS
FOUND PARKED, STANDING OR STOPPED IN VIOLATION OF ANY
OF THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY ACT OF THIS COUNTY OR
BY STATE LAW, THE OFFICER FINDING SUCH VEHICLE SHALL
TAKE ITS REGISTRATION NUMBER AND MAY TAKE ANY OTHER
INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON THE VEHICLE WHICH MAY
IDENTIFY ITS USER, AND SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY AFFIX TO
SUCH VEHICLE A TRAFFIC CITATION.

21.1907 - FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC CITATION

ATTACHED TO PARKED VEHICLE

IF A VIOLATOR OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON STOPPING,
STANDING OR PARKING UNDER THE TRAFFIC LAWS OR ACTS
DOES NOT APPEAR IN RESPONSE TO A TRAFFIC CITATION
AFFIXED TO SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE
DAYS, THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL SEND TO
THE OWNER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE TO WHICH THE TRAFFIC
CITATION WAS AFFIXED A LETTER INFORMING HIM OF THE
VIOLATION AND WARNING HIM THAT IN THE EVENT SUCH
LETTER IS DISREGARDED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS A
WARRANT OF ARREST WILL BE ISSUED.