§ 14-12. Form of summons, summons and complaint, complaint, penalty assessment notice, and parking ticket.

(a)

The municipal judge shall approve a standard summons and complaint form for routine use by peace officers that meets all of the legal requisites of a summons and complaint and contains a place for the defendant to sign a promise to appear. The city manager shall print and distribute the form to peace officers and may combine it with a penalty assessment notice.

(b)

The municipal judge shall approve a standard penalty assessment notice that meets all the requirements of a summons and complaint except that it contains a place for the defendant to sign and acknowledgement of guilt or promise to appear; specifies the requirement that the defendant plead guilty by paying the fine or appear to answer the charge at the specified time; and contains a place to record the license number of the defendant's vehicle, if involved, the defendant's driver's license number, if any, the points to be assessed, if any, in accordance with C.R.S. § 42-2-123. The city manager shall print and distribute the form to peace officers. Failure of a peace officer to record any or all of the additional information correctly or at all is not grounds for dismissal, but failure to indicate points or the indication of too few points for the offense may not be corrected by amendment or otherwise after a record of conviction by acknowledgment of guilt and payment of fine under the penalty assessment procedure has been sent to the state division of motor vehicles.

(c)

The municipal judge shall approve a parking ticket that meets all of the requirements of a summons and complaint. The city manager shall print and distribute the form to peace officers.

(d)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to invalidate the use of any other form or type of summons, summons and complaint, or complaint that provides due process of law.