50.04.060 Ordinances and Civil Traffic Violations

In prosecutions of ordinance violations and civil traffic violations in the court, the clerk, or one of the clerk's assistants, shall enter upon the records of the court the citation from law enforcement, unless the court directs formal complaint to be made; then the defendant's plea shall be guilty or not guilty, and shall be entered as not guilty on failure to plead, which plea of not guilty shall put all matters in the case at issue, any other provision of law notwithstanding.