§ 26-4. Notification and late payment of penalty.

(a)

If the owner or operator of the motor vehicle to which a ticket is attached pursuant to this chapter does not appear in the county treasurer's office and pay the fine or pay the fine in some other manner, or present the ticket for certification within the time prescribed in section 26-2, the treasurer shall, in order to secure the collection of the penalty therein prescribed, notify the owner or operator of the vehicle in question, by mail directed to his last known address or his address as shown on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, that he may pay the fine provided by subsection 26-1(b) for such violation, plus a late payment penalty in the sum of five dollars ($5.00) within five (5) days of the receipt of the notice, at the treasurer's office. Such notice shall be contained in an envelope with the words "Law Enforcement Notice" stamped or printed on the face thereof in type at least one-half inch in height.

(b)

If a person to whom the notice provided for in subsection (a) above is given fails to pay the fine and penalty within the time prescribed in the notice, the treasurer shall notify the officer who issued the original ticket and the treasurer shall then cause to be issued a complaint, summons or warrant for the delinquent parking ticket. The owner or operator of the vehicle in question may pay the fine to the treasurer prior to the date he is to appear in court, provided he also pays the necessary costs and the penalty referred to in subsection (a) above. The treasurer's receipt therefor shall be conclusive evidence of such payment.

(Ord. of 10-21-97)

(Ord. of 10-21-97)