Section 15-3-402 - Actions; Recovering Penalty or Fine; Generally

15-3-402. Actions; recovering penalty or fine; generally. All actions brought to recover any penalty or fine shall be brought in the corporate name of the city and the recoveries, when collected, shall be paid into the city treasury. The process in every such action shall be a warrant, and the person named therein shall be arrested and taken before the municipal court for trial.