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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="1-205" title_number="1" title_name="Department of Natural Resources" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Natural Resources Police Force">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a Natural Resources police officer apprehends a person for violating any law punishable as a misdemeanor, the officer may prepare a written or electronic citation containing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A notice to appear in court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The name and address of the person charged;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Relevant license numbers, if any;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The offense charged;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The time and place the person shall appear in court;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An acknowledgment of receipt of the citation by the person charged made in a manner determined by the Department; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Other pertinent information required by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person charged may promise to appear in court by acknowledging receipt of the citation prepared by the officer in a manner determined by the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the person charged acknowledges receipt of the citation, the officer is not required to take the person into physical custody for the violation unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The person charged does not furnish satisfactory evidence of identity; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person charged will not appear.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not fail to comply with a notice to appear in a citation issued under this section unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Sufficient collateral for the offense is posted;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fine is paid in advance of trial; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The person is represented by counsel in court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a person fails to comply with the notice to appear in a citation issued under this section, the court may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, issue a warrant for the person’s arrest; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>After 5 days, notify the court’s clerk of the person’s noncompliance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of notice of noncompliance from the court, the clerk shall notify the person by mail at the address indicated on the citation that a warrant for the person’s arrest may be issued by the court unless, by the end of the 15th day after the date on which the notice is mailed, the person:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Pays the fine on the original charge as provided for in the original citations and a fine of $100 for failing to appear; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Posts bond or a penalty deposit and requests a new trial date.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a person fails to pay the fines or post the bond or penalty deposit under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the court may issue a warrant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>When the original offense is not punishable by incarceration, a warrant may not be issued for the person under this subsection until 20 days after the original trial date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
