4.__Lawful summons.__A citation as provided for in this section or a Uniform Summons and Complaint, when served upon a person by a law enforcement officer, acts as a summons to appear in court or to otherwise respond in accordance with law on or before the date specified in the summons.__Any person who fails to appear in court as directed by the summons or to otherwise respond in accordance with law on or before the date specified in the summons commits a Class E crime.__Upon that person's failure to appear or respond in accordance with law, the court may issue a warrant of arrest.__It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subsection that the failure to appear or respond resulted from just cause.

§10452.__Refusal to sign

A person who refuses to sign a citation or Uniform Summons and Complaint after having been ordered to do so by a law enforcement officer commits a Class E crime.

§10453.__Unlawful disposition of citations

It is unlawful and official misconduct for a warden or other public employee to dispose of an official citation form or Uniform Summons and Complaint, except in accordance with law and as provided for in any applicable official policy or procedure of the Bureau of Warden Service.

SUBCHAPTER 2

EVIDENCE

§10501.__Admissibility of department records and prima

facie evidence

1.__Certificate; admissible evidence.__A certificate, signed by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, stating what the records of the department show on any given matter is admissible in evidence in all courts of this State to prove what the records of the department are on that matter.__Upon the testimony of a law enforcement officer that the certificate and records were obtained by that officer from the department, the court shall admit that certificate and those records as evidence without any further foundation or testimony.