Section 11-46-17 - Citation(a) Any person who commits a violation of this chapter may be issued a summons or citation for such violation by any person authorized to enforce this chapter, hereinafter referred to as enforcement officer.(b) The summons or citation shall warn the person to appear and answer to the charge against the person at a certain place and at a time within seven days after the issuance of the summons or citation.(c) The summons or citation shall be printed on a form adopted or prescribed by the state district courts.(d) Summons and citations shall be consecutively numbered and the carbon copy or copies of each shall bear the same number.(e) The summons or citation shall be designed to provide for all necessary information.(f) The original of a summons or citation shall be given to the purported violator and the other copy or copies distributed in the manner prescribed by the district courts; provided that the district courts may prescribe alternative methods of distribution of the original and any other copies.(g) In the event any person fails to comply with a summons or citation issued to such person, the enforcement officer shall cause a complaint to be entered against the person and shall secure the issuance of a warrant for the person's arrest. Failure to comply with a summons or citation is a misdemeanor.[Eff SEP 23 1996] (Auth: HRS §§ 342F-3, 342F-10, 342F-31) (Imp: HRS §§ 342F-3, 342F-10, 342F-31)