Traffic ticket forms and how they are given out

(a) There shall be provided for use by authorized police officers a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of those traffic laws that do not mandate the physical arrest of such violators. The form and content of such summons or citation shall be as adopted or prescribed by the administrative judge of the district courts and shall be printed on a form commensurate with the form of other summonses or citations used in modern methods of arrest, so designed as to include all necessary information to make the same valid within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawaii and the City and County of Honolulu. (b) In every case when a citation is issued, the original of the same shall be given to the violator or, in the case of an unattended vehicle, the original of the same shall be affixed to such vehicle as provided for in § 15-26.4 ; provided that the administrative judge of the district courts may prescribe the giving to the violator, or affixing to such vehicle, a carbon copy of the citation, and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies. (c) Every citation shall be consecutively numbered and each carbon copy shall bear the number of its respective original. (d) There shall be provided for use by authorized police officers a form for administrative citations. The form and content of such citation shall be as prescribed by the corporation counsel and shall be printed on a form commensurate with the form of other citations used in modern methods of arrest, so designed as to include all necessary information to make the same valid within the laws and regulations of the State of Hawaii and the City and County of Honolulu. )