A warrant shall contain the name of the accused person, or if unknown, any name or description by which the accused person may be identified with reasonable certainty, shall describe the nature of the violation of an ordinance of the City, shall command that the accused person be arrested, shall be signed by the judge of the Municipal Court, and shall state the amount of the appearance bond to be required. A warrant shall be deemed sufficient if substantially in the following form:

IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT
OF TOPEKA, KANSAS

The City of Topeka, Kansas
vs.
________________________________,
Accused Person
________________________________,
(Address)

WARRANT

The City of Topeka, Kansas to the Chief of Police of Topeka, Kansas, or any duly authorized law enforcement officer of the State of Kansas:

Whereas, a sworn complaint in writing has been made to me and it appearing that there is probable cause to believe that on or about the ________ day of ________, ________ within the corporate limits of the above City, the above-named accused person did unlawfully: _______________

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In violation of Section ________ of Ordinance No. ________ of said City:

Therefore you are commanded to forthwith arrest the above-named accused person and bring said accused person before this Court to be dealt with according to law.

Given under my hand this ________ day of ________, ________.

/s/____________________
Municipal Judge
Topeka, Kansas

The amount of the appearance bond is hereby set to be $________ for the appearance of the accused person before the Municipal Court of Topeka, Kansas, on the ________________ day of ________, ________, at ________________ o’clock ________.m.

/s/____________________
Municipal Judge

RETURN

I hereby certify that I have executed the within warrant by arresting the named accused person (and taking a bond in the sum of $________ as security for appearance before the Municipal Court of Topeka, Kansas.)

This is to certify that I have made a diligent search for the within-named accused person but have been unable to find same.

City: _____________________________

Date: ____________________________

/s/____________________
Signature

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