§ 10.20.020. Penalty assessment misdemeanors—Option—Effect.

A.

Unless a warning notice is given, at the time of making an arrest for any penalty assessment misdemeanor, the arresting officer shall offer the alleged violator the option of accepting a penalty assessment. The violator's signature on the penalty assessment notice constitutes an acknowledgment of guilty of the offense stated in the notice, and payment of the prescribed penalty assessment is a complete satisfaction of the violation.

B.

Payment of any penalty assessment must be made by mail to the municipal court, traffic violations bureau, city of Clovis, within five days from the date of arrest. Payments of penalty assessments are timely if postmarked within the time limits set from the date of the arrest. The traffic violations bureau shall issue a receipt when a penalty assessment is paid by currency, but checks tendered by the violator upon which payment is received are sufficient receipt.

C.

No record of any penalty assessment payment is admissible as evidence in any court in any civil action.

(Ord. 1404-92 §2(part), 1992).