The offense of public intoxication may not be filed in municipal court by citation, but must be initiated by a sworn complaint.

• A. False
• B. Sometimes
• C. True
• D. Never

Answer: (C)

Filing method for municipal court charges: public intoxication is started with a sworn complaint rather than a simple notice to appear. A sworn complaint is an oath-based charging document that lays out facts and shows probable cause, which begins formal criminal proceedings. A citation, while used for many offenses to notify someone to appear, does not by itself initiate a sworn criminal action. Because public intoxication is treated as a criminal offense that requires this formal, oath-backed charging document, it cannot be filed by citation in municipal court. That’s why the statement is true. The other options don’t fit because they imply different filing methods or none at all.