§ 12-10. Complaint.

(a)

All prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances shall be instituted by information and may be based upon a complaint. The complaint and information shall be in the form prescribed as form 37.D and form 37.E, respectively, of the Missouri Supreme Court Rules, as may be amended from time to time.

(b)

In addition to the foregoing, complaints may be initiated by use of the uniform traffic citation forms sanctioned by the laws of the state or in any other form approved by law.

(c)

Complaints and information filed as aforesaid may include any number of persons charged with the same offense, and no proceedings shall be dismissed or defendant discharged by reason of any informality or irregularity in any complaint, but such complaint or information may, by leave of court, at any time before or during trial, prior to the retirement of the jury or the finding of the municipal judge be amended without prejudice to the proceedings.

(Ord. No. 163, Art. 1, § 4, 2-1-77; Ord. No. 527, § 3, 2-15-94)

State law reference

Complaints generally, RSMo. § 479.090.