VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

Dallas City Code ch. 28, art. XIII

in effect

Dallas City Code § 28-147 PROCEDURE UPON ARREST FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER.

SEC. 28-147. PROCEDURE UPON ARREST FOR VIOLATION OF CHAPTER. When a person is arrested for violating a provision of this chapter and is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer shall take the person’s name, address, the driver’s license number and registration of his vehicle, if any, and issue to the person, in writing, on a form provided by the city, a notice specifying the offense charged and commanding the person to answer to the charge against him in not less than 10 days at the time and place specified in the notice. The arresting officer shall have the arrested person give his written promise to answer as specified in the notice, and upon securing such written promise, shall release such person from custody. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-148 GIVING FALSE NAME UPON ARREST FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

SEC. 28-148. GIVING FALSE NAME UPON ARREST FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION. A person, upon being arrested by a police officer for a violation of a traffic law or ordinance, shall give the arresting officer, as his name, his true and correct name. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-149 GIVING FALSE ADDRESS UPON ARREST FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

SEC. 28-149. GIVING FALSE ADDRESS UPON ARREST FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION. A person, upon being arrested by a police officer for a violation of a traffic law or ordinance, shall give the arresting officer, as his address, his true and correct address. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-150 VIOLATION OF WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR.

SEC. 28-150. VIOLATION OF WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR. (a) Any person intentionally violating his written promise to appear in court, given as provided in this article, is guilty of an offense regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested. (b) A written promise to appear in court, given as provided in this article, may be complied with by an appearance of counsel. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 19963)

Dallas City Code § 28-151 PROCEDURE UPON FAILURE OF TRAFFIC VIOLATOR TO APPEAR.

SEC. 28-151. PROCEDURE UPON FAILURE OF TRAFFIC VIOLATOR TO APPEAR. If the violator fails to appear within the time designated in the notice, the clerk of the municipal court shall proceed to arrest the violator and bring him before the municipal court. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-152 PAYMENT OF FINES; WHEN PLEADING GUILTY.

SEC. 28-152. PAYMENT OF FINES; WHEN PLEADING GUILTY. A person who has received a notice to appear in answer to a traffic charge under this chapter may within the time specified in the notice appear at the office of the clerk of the municipal court and answer the charge set forth in such notice by paying a prescribed fine, and in writing, pleading guilty to the charge, waiving a hearing in court and giving power of attorney to the clerk of the municipal court to make the plea and pay the fine in court. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-153 DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES.

SEC. 28-153. DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES. All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bond of any person charged with a violation of a provision of this chapter shall be paid into the city treasury and deposited in the general fund. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-154 AUTHORITY TO ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER.

SEC. 28-154. AUTHORITY TO ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER. Any police officer is authorized to arrest without warrant any person found committing a violation of any provision of this chapter. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-155 RESERVED.

Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-147983Fetched: 10/26/2026