§ 12-21-21 - Guilty plea and payment of fine by person outside state.
SECTION 12-21-21
§ 12-21-21 Guilty plea and payment of fineby person outside state. – Whenever any person who is charged with the commission of a misdemeanorpunishable by a fine shall be outside the confines of this state, the defendantmay, with the approval of a judge of the district court for the division inwhich the complaint may be pending, or with the approval of the justice of thesuperior court in charge of criminal appeals if the cause is pending on appealbefore the superior court, by instrument in writing and duly acknowledgedbefore an appropriate officer, authorize his or her attorney of record toappear in open court and enter on his or her behalf a plea of guilty or nolocontendere, and to pay the fine that may be assessed by the court, togetherwith the costs of prosecution, if any, that may be assessed by the court. Everywritten authorization shall be filed with the clerk of the court, and shall beretained by the clerk, together with the original complaint, as a portion ofthe record of the case.