This title governs the procedure to be used in the courts of this state in any:

1. (1) Criminal proceeding; and
2. (2) Prosecution for the violation of an ordinance, resolution, or the bylaws of a unit of local government of this state, which authorizes a criminal penalty.

Source: SL 1978, ch 178 , § 1; SL 2026, ch 33 , § 57.