Athens City Code

1. (1) When a person violates any traffic ordinance, law, or regulation of the city, to prevent the violator's arrest and issuance of a warrant against him or her, the offender must sign an agreement to appear at the time and place indicated and waive the issuance and service of a warrant upon him or her.
2. (2) If the offender signs the agreement and waiver as provided herein and then fails to appear for trial at the time and place designated, then the city court shall immediately issue a warrant against the offender for the offense committed and an additional warrant for the offense of violating his or her agreement to appear as provided in the agreement. The warrants shall then be served upon the offender as provided by law.
3. (3) It is the intention of this section to adopt and comply with T.C.A. §§ 7-63-101 through 7-63-106, as amended. The sections are here referred to and made a part hereof, i.e., making it a civil offense for an offender to sign an agreement to appear in city court for the violation of the city code, law or regulation, and then fail to do so.

(Code 1972, § 10-237; Code 1995, § 11-806)