Charter Chapter 5 Municipal Court

Section 19. JUDGES, POWERS, PROCEDURE.

1. The city council may appoint a municipal judge, for a term and at a salary it specifies.  The municipal judge shall hold within the city a court known as municipal court for the City of Drain.  The court shall be open for transaction of judicial business at times specified by the council.  All areas within the city are to be within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.
2. The municipal judge shall exercise jurisdiction of all offenses defined and made punishable by ordinances of the city and of all actions brought to enforce forfeitures or penalties defined or authorized by ordinances of the city.  The municipal judge shall have authority to issue process for the arrest of any person accused of an offense against the ordinances of the city, to commit any such person to imprisonment or admit the person to bail pending trial, to issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to appear and testify on the trial of any cause before the court, to enforce obedience to the subpoenas, to issue process necessary to carry into effect the judgment of the court, and to punish witnesses and others for contempt of court.
3. When not governed by ordinances or this charter, all proceedings in the municipal court for the violation of a city ordinance shall be governed by the applicable general laws of the state governing justices of the peace and justice courts.