Sec. 2-273. - Witnesses, issuance of writs and subpoenas, warrants.

The municipal court shall have the power to issue writs or summons for witnesses, and compel their attendance, and to punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment. The municipal court may also execute search warrants to the extent the warrants could be executed by a judge of the district court for the state. The municipal court may also issue writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum, upon continuance of any complaint or proceeding before it, may take recognizance to the state, with surety or sureties in such sum as such court shall deem proper, with the condition to appear before such court and make further answer to such complaint or proceeding, in the meantime to keep the peace and in want thereof, may commit such party to the state adult correctional institutions until such recognizance shall be given or the parties lawfully discharged therefrom.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 2-254)