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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="2-107" title_number="2" title_name="Court Personnel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Officers, Oaths, and Bonds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In a circuit court, an arrest warrant shall be issued on a form that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Contains the following information, if known, about the person for whom the warrant is issued:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Full name;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Last address;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Race;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Sex;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Height;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Weight;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Hair color;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Eye color;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Driver’s license number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>Social Security number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>Distinguishing body marks or scars; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Any other pertinent identifying information; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Contains specific instructions to indicate the judge or court commissioner before whom the person is directed to appear once arrested.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An arrest warrant issued under this section shall be clearly captioned:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Arrest warrant/State capias”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Arrest warrant/contempt”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Arrest warrant/contempt of court”; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Arrest warrant/body attachment”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After a judge issues an arrest warrant, the judge shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Maintain a copy for the judge’s file; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide a copy for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The clerk of the circuit court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The sheriff or other law enforcement officer who will be serving the warrant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The person for whom the warrant is issued.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Failure to use the form described in this section does not have any effect on an otherwise lawful arrest.</text>
  </level>
</section>
