| 1. A law enforcement officer who has probable cause to |
believe that a civil violation has been committed by a person |
must issue or have delivered a written summons to that person |
directing the person to appear in the District Court to answer |
the allegation that the person has committed the violation. The |
summons must include the signature of the officer, a brief |
description of the alleged violation, the time and place of the |
alleged violation and the time, place and date the person is to |
appear in court. The form used must be the Violation Summons and |
Complaint, as prescribed in Title 29-A, section 2601, for traffic |
infractions and the Uniform Summons and Complaint for other civil |
violations, except that, if the agency by whom the officer is |
employed has on May 1, 1991 current stocks of forms that the |
agency is authorized to use, the agency may permit officers to |
use those forms in place of the Uniform Summons and Complaint |
until those stocks are depleted. A person to whom a summons is |
issued or delivered must give a written promise to appear. If |
the person refuses to sign the summons after having been ordered |
to do so by a law enforcement officer, the person commits a Class |
E crime. The law enforcement officer may not order a person to |
sign the summons for a civil violation unless the civil violation |
is an offense defined in Title 12; Title 23, section 1980; Title |
28-A, section 2052; or Title 29-A. |