A. Every department authorized to issue notices of civil infractions shall provide, in appropriate form, notices of civil infractions which shall be issued in books with notices in quadruplicate.

B. The director of each department shall be responsible for the issuance of such books and shall maintain a record of every such book and each notice contained therein issued to Enforcement Officers of the department and shall require and retain a receipt for every book so issued. Every Enforcement Officer, upon issuing a notice of civil infraction to an alleged perpetrator of a civil infraction, shall deposit the original notice of civil infraction with the court as provided in Section 1.16.050.

C. Upon the deposit of the original notice of civil infraction with the court, the original or copy may be disposed of only as provided in this Chapter.

D. It is official misconduct for any Enforcement Officer or Pierce County employee to dispose of a notice of civil infraction or copies thereof or of the record of the issuance thereof in a manner other than as required in this Section.

E. The director of every department authorized to issue notices of civil infraction shall require the return to him or her of a copy of every notice issued by an Enforcement Officer under his or her supervision to an alleged perpetrator of a civil infraction and of all copies of every notice which has been issued to an alleged perpetrator.

F. Such director shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every notice issued by an Enforcement Officer under his or her supervision, a record of the disposition of the charge by the court in which the original notice of civil infraction was deposited.

G. Any person who cancels or solicits the cancellation of any notice of civil infraction, in any manner other than as provided for in this Section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.